IIT-Delhi student hangs self over failed love
Depressed over his inability
to converse with a senior
whom he was seemingly
infatuated with, a final
semester student at the
Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Delhi, hung himself from
a ceiling fan in his hostel
room this past Thursday.
A 24-year-old, whose name
is being withheld by HT on
grounds of privacy, was
from Punjab and was
enrolled in the much sought-
after computer science
course at the institute and
had recently landed a job
with an annual package of
Rs. 18 lakh at global IT giant
Microsoft.
He left behind a suicide note,
written in Punjabi, which
stated that he did not wish to
marry or even befriend the
woman in question and only
wanted to talk to her. He
declared his resolve to end
his life basing it on his
failure to do so.
“The incident was reported
to us by IIT authorities on
the same day and
investigations revealed that
the incident was triggered by
the victim’s depressed
psychological state,” said a
police officer.
The student lived alone and
did not have a roommate.
to converse with a senior
whom he was seemingly
infatuated with, a final
semester student at the
Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Delhi, hung himself from
a ceiling fan in his hostel
room this past Thursday.
A 24-year-old, whose name
is being withheld by HT on
grounds of privacy, was
from Punjab and was
enrolled in the much sought-
after computer science
course at the institute and
had recently landed a job
with an annual package of
Rs. 18 lakh at global IT giant
Microsoft.
He left behind a suicide note,
written in Punjabi, which
stated that he did not wish to
marry or even befriend the
woman in question and only
wanted to talk to her. He
declared his resolve to end
his life basing it on his
failure to do so.
“The incident was reported
to us by IIT authorities on
the same day and
investigations revealed that
the incident was triggered by
the victim’s depressed
psychological state,” said a
police officer.
The student lived alone and
did not have a roommate.
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