Kanpur (UP), Oct 2 (PTI) A student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here was found dead in his hostel room, after other students complained about a foul smell, police said on Thursday.

Dheeraj Saini (22) from Haryana, a final-year B.Tech student of electrical engineering, had not stepped out of his room number 123 at Hostel-1. Other students alerted authorities about a foul smell emanating from his locked room on Wednesday.

A police team broke open the door and found Saini’s body hanging from the ceiling fan with a rope, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kalyanpur) Ranjeet Kumar said. Show Full Article

No suicide note was found, police said.

Saini had told his sister only a few days ago that he would visit home in December.

The body was sent to the mortuary. The ACP told PT

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