Student found dead at IIT Guwahati hostel

This is the second death in one month at IIT Guwahati. Earlier in December, a professor has reportedly hanged himself to death. He was teaching mathematics at the institute. 

A student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was found dead in mysterious circumstances in his hostel room. The deceased identified as Hrithik Bhavani was a student for BTech final year. He belonged to Nagpur, Maharashtra. 

This is the second such death in one month on the IIT Guwahati campus. The body of the deceased was found from the Dhing hostel block of IIT Guwahati. The cause behind the student's death is yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, the body has been sent for a post-mortem examination and investigation into the matter is on. 

IIT Guwahati has not issued any official statement about the student's mysterious death. In December, Sameer Kamal, a professor at the institute reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan. Kamal, who belonged to Delhi, was teaching mathematics at the institute. 

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