Tezpur University Student Found Hanging in Locked Hostel Room
Police say the death appears to be suicide and the university has pledged a high-level review of student mental-health support.
Overview
- Police and campus officials say the student was discovered by his roommate Wednesday after the roommate returned and saw him hanging through the room ventilator while the door was locked from inside.
- Sonitpur police recovered the body, sent it for post-mortem at Kanaklata Civil Hospital, and have begun recording witness statements as the probe continues.
- Officers confirmed a diary was recovered at the scene but have not disclosed its contents and investigators describe the cause of death as preliminary and under inquiry.
- Tezpur University is cooperating with police and has announced a high-level committee to review existing mental-health and student-support mechanisms and consult students, wardens, counsellors and staff.
- Reporters note the case comes less than two weeks after a separate alleged medical-negligence death at a nearby central institute, a context that has focused local attention on campus health services and emergency care.