By IANS,
Lucknow: A student of the premier Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), who was being treated for mental illness, died Wednesday at a private medical centre in Kanpur, an official said.
Rakesh Kumar Thakur, 22, who was pursuing his M.Tech mechanical engineering from IIT-K, died at the Mahendru Psychiatric Centre in Sarvodaya Nagar.
An official statement about Thakur’s death was issued Wednesday late evening by the IIT-K administration.
“He (Thakur) died in the hospital…He was suffering from some psychiatric disorder,” IIT-K Director Sanjay Govind Dhande told IANS over telephone from Kanpur, some 80 km from Lucknow.
Even as the IIT-K administration ruled out any suicide angle behind the incident, some students of the institute have demanded a thorough enquiry into the case. They alleged that Thakur’s body was secretly handed over to his family.
Thakur was a native of Darbhanga district in Bihar.
Even after repeated attempts, S. Mahendru, who according to IIT-K officials was treating Thakur, could not be contacted as he did not respond to the phone calls.
According to sources, Thakur was admitted to the psychiatric centre on Sunday.