By IANS,
Ranchi : A student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) committed suicide by hanging himself at his college hostel in Jharkhand, police said Wednesday.
Satyendra Kumar Singh, first year MCA student of NIT in Jamshedpur, killed himself Tuesday. His parents reached Jamshedpur early Wednesday. The 22-year-old was a resident of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand.
“His (Satyendra’s) hostel inmates found that the light of his room was on Tuesday night. From the window they saw him hanging from the ceiling fan,” an official of the NIT told IANS.
He said Satyendra was under depression and was not interacting with other students. “He appeared for his first semester examination that began Monday,” the official added.
A police officer confirmed that prima facie it appeared to be a case of suicide.