Curated By: Sukanya Nandy
Last Updated: January 18, 2024, 15:52 IST
This is the third suicide case reported at IIT Kanpur in a month
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The 29-year-old student named Priyanka Jaiswal was doing PhD in chemical engineering at IIT Kanpur. She was found hanging in her hostel room
A PhD student of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) has died by suicide in her hostel room. The 29-year-old student named Priyanka Jaiswal was doing PhD in chemical engineering at the institute. She was found hanging in her hostel room, reported Times of India. She was a native of Jharkhand.
A police team from Kalyanpur rushed to the spot along with the forensic team. A fellow student informed the college authorities about Priyanka’s body hanging from the ceiling in the hostel room in the morning.
This is the third suicide case reported at IIT Kanpur in a month.
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