A final-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati was on Friday found dead near his hostel, the police said.
Security guards at the institute found the body near the IIT-G’s Brahmaputra Hostel. The staff of the institute later informed the police. “We have sent the body for post-mortem exam. It is difficult to say at this moment if it is a suicide or a murder,” a police official said.
An IIT-G spokesman said the student was identified as Ujjal Shailabh from Bihar. “He was a final year B. Tech student of mathematics and computing stream. We have informed his family,” the spokesman said. - IANS
