A 23-year-old student from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) died by suicide by hanging from a weight lifting rod at his house in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area, police said on Wednesday. Panav Jain was a fourth-year BTech student at the institute. His body was found by his parents at about 9 pm on Tuesday upon returning from their evening walk, they said.
According to the police, Panav had hanged himself with a dupatta (scarf) at the weight lifting rod that was installed at their home. The victim’s parents took him to Pushpanjali Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the police added.
Panav’s father said that his son had been suffering from stress and depression for the past few months and was also undergoing treatment for depression, the police said adding that no suicide note was recovered. Further investigations are on.
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This is the third case of suicide by a student of IIT Delhi this year. Earlier in September, a 21-year-old student died by suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room at IIT Delhi. Anil Kumar was a student of the 2019 BTech in Maths and Computing batch. The reason behind the extreme step is pressure.
In July, a 20-year-old BTech student of the institute allegedly died by suicide by hanging in his hostel room. According to the police, Ayush Ashna had just appeared in his final-year exams. The police arrived at the hostel after a call was received at the Kishangarh police station. Police had said they did not find any suicide note but suspect no foul play.
— With PTI inputs
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