Overview

• Police discovered the decomposing body of 22-year-old electrical engineering student Dheeraj Saini in Hostel-1 after peers reported a foul smell from his locked room.
• Officers said the body appeared to be about two days old, noting he was last seen on September 28 and was found hanging from the ceiling.
• No suicide note was recovered, and police cited a preliminary assessment pointing to depression while stressing that the formal investigation continues.
• Authorities seized his mobile phone, laptop and personal items for examination, notified his family, and said the autopsy was expected by Thursday evening.
• IIT Kanpur expressed grief and said it is cooperating with police, as reports note this is the institute’s second suspected student suicide this year and the fifth since 2023.