IIT student dies by suicide; father questions academic pressure
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New Delhi: A fourth-year student of electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur on Wednesday died by suicide allegedly due to the academic pressure.
The incident has brought to fore the pressure that the student may have been undergoing at India’s premium engineering institution.
The student’s father K Chander asked why students have to suffer so much at IIT, adding ‘why is there so much stress?’, according to NDTV.
The distraught father said his son was under huge stress from academic matters and was not ragged at the college.
Meanwhile, IIT said the student staying at the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hall of Residence, died by suicide on Tuesday night.
‘Till about 7:30 pm, Chandra was with two of his roommates in their hostel room. Later, the other two students left for academic activities. Subsequently, around 8.30 pm, fellow boarders of the LBS Hall found his room locked from inside. The door was forced open... Despite all efforts by doctors, Chandra was declared dead around 11:30 pm,’ IIT Kharagpur was quoted as stating.
Earlier the decomposed body of Faizan Ahmed, who was a third-year student IIT Kharagpur hailing from Assam, was found in his hostel room year ago on October 14.
The body was exhumed as directed by the Calcutta High Court for a second post-mortem after his family alleged Faizan was murdered, accusing the institute of hushing up the matter.
