MNNIT student of BTech hailing from Chhattisgarh ends life
Prayagraj: A 20-year-old BTech first-year student of MNNIT (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology), Allahabad, allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room inside the institute campus on Thursday, police said.
However, no suicide note was recovered from the room.
The deceased, Nikesh Kumar Rohidas, was a resident of Semariya village of Janjgir–Champa district of Chhattisgarh.
Additional DCP (city) Abhijeet Kumar said: "The deceased was pursuing his BTech first year in computer science and an inmate of room no. 101 of Vivekanand Boys Hostel. The police have seized his mobile phone and laptop for further investigations.
The motive behind suicide is not known yet."
Sources said the deceased was to appear in his last exam of the second semester on Thursday. When his friends asked him to come for the exam, he assured them that he would be arriving within five minutes. However, he didn't appear in the exam, and the hostel mates found his room closed from inside upon their return.
Feeling suspicious, they called up hostel and college authorities, who then called up the police.
Police broke the door open to find the victim's body.
His fellow inmates told police that he had even packed his belongings on Wednesday to return to his native place after the exams were over on Thursday.
Police said the body had been sent for postmortem and further probe was on.
Chief warden Prof Naresh Kumar said the parents of the victims have been informed.
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