A 4th-year student at IIT Kharagpur has died by suicide on April 21, Monday. The deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Aniket Walkar, and his body was found hanging in his hostel room on Sunday night time, they said.
Police from the Kharagpur Town Police Station determined the body of the student striking in his room on the Jagadish Chandra Bose Hostel on Sunday, April 20
“Primarily, it appears to be a case of unnatural death. The deceased has died by suicide. But we’re expecting the post-mortem file to verify,” a senior police said. IIT Institute comes under Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.
About IIT Kharagpur Student, Aniket Walker
According to police, the deceased, Aniket Walkar, was a 4th-year student from the Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture branch at IIT Kharagpur. A resident of Gondia district in Maharashtra, Aniket was staying in Room C-214 of the Jagadish Chandra Bose Hall.
His body was observed putting in his hostel room and later sent to the Kharagpur Subdistrict Hospital for further processes.
Police Found Unnatural Death
Police have registered a case of unnatural death in connection with the incident. Sources said that Aniket was found by his classmates, who then informed the campus security. This is the second such case on the IIT Kharagpur campus this year.
Earlier on January 12, the body of Sawan Malik (21), a third-year electric engineering student from Khukurdaha, Paschim Medinipur, was also founded hanging in his hostel room at IIT Kharagpur.
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