INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday, by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his
The student has been identified as Bheem Singh, said Senior Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh Kumar
He was last seen on Tuesday, the police said.The reason behind Mr Singh's suicide is not clear but the police have found a note in his room,
knocked there was no response
Students then informed the authorities and broke the doors to find Mr Singh's body handing from the fan, said Mr Agarwal
post mortem will be done today, said Satish Kumar Singh, the station house officer of the local Kalyanpur police station.Mr Singh had
completed his B.Tech from NIT in Warangal, and had joined the mechanical engineering department of IIT-Kanpur in 2015.A year ago, concerned
over the increasing number of "campus suicides", the IITs across the country decided to have wellness centres, to help students deal with
During a meeting of the IIT council, the coordination body for 23 IITs across the country, education minister, Prakash Javadekar, had said,
"All IITs will now have wellness centres to help students deal with mental stress due to high academic and peer pressure
They will offer remedial courses
For freshers joining IITs, there will be an induction programme which will help them adjust to the atmosphere at the institute besides other
things," he added.(With inputs from ANI, PTI)
