He was a third-year student pursuing PhD in mechanical engineering at IIT-Kanpur.
A student at IIT-Kanpur allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room on Wednesday. The Dalit student identified as Bhim Singh was found hanging in his hostel room, according to news agency ANI. A suicide letter has been found by the police but the content is yet to be revealed.
"The reason behind his suicide is not clear. A letter has been recovered and is in the possession of forensic team of the police," Manindra Agarwal, Deputy Director of IIT-Kanpur was quoted as saying by ANI.
According to media reports, student living in the room next to the victim noticed that the door was locked since morning till late evening. There was no response when few of the students knocked at Singh's door. They broke open the door and found Singh hanging from the ceiling fan.
The Kalyanpur police said he hanged himself to death using a bedsheet. The body has been taken to the hospital for postmortem and autopsy report.
Singh was a third-year student pursuing PhD in mechanical engineering. After completing his BTech from NIT in Warangal, he moved to IIT-Kanpur in 2015.
In a separate incident, four Professors of IIT-Kanpur got a reprieve from the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday when it stayed action against them in connection with harassment of a Dalit faculty member.
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) had directed the IIT-Kanpur management to suspend and lodge an FIR against four Professors of the Institute who were found guilty of passing casteist remarks against a Dalit faculty member Dr Subramanium Sundrela.
Showing displeasure over inaction by the IIT-Kanpur management, the commission had directed the Institute Director Prof Manindra Agarwal to submit an action taken report by May 1.
Fearing suspension and arrest, the four accused professors had approached the Allahabad High Court against the NCSC order. The High Court stayed the NCSC order and issued notices to its Chairman and the IIT-Kanpur Director seeking their explanation and details of the case.
A graduate of the IIT-Kanpur, Dr Sundrela had joined the institute in January 2018 as an Assistant Professor. He had lodged a complaint with the IIT-Kanpur Board against four senior professors of the Institute who allegedly passed casteist remarks and mentally tortured him since he belonged to a low caste.
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