Lucknow, September 23
Another brilliant life came to a tragic end when the body of 18-year-old Mehtab Ahmad, a first year B Tech student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) was found hanging from a hook on the ceiling in his hostel room last evening.
With the names of three persons - all students at IIT-K - scribbled across the wall of his room number D-307 of hall number 9, prima facie the police believes it to be a case of suicide, probably due to ragging. It is the 10th case of suicide in IIT-K in the last seven years.
The writing on the wall of Mehtab’s room speaks volumes. “I’m tired of IIT. Why so sad when this is part of life? Be courageous… What is the meaning of happiness, yet trying to get answer.” On another wall was scribbled the names of three people who, the police claims, were his friends in IIT.
According to principal of his former college Rajendra Dwivedi, the deceased often spoke to him about feeling humiliated due to ragging. Dwivedi had reportedly informed his father about Mehtab’s state of mind.
However, after the post-mortem report, the family took to the body for burial in their ancestral Hamirpur district. No FIR was registered nor any arrests made in the case. The local police completely ruled out the ragging angle and claimed the suicide to be due to a failed love affair as they had also found a two-page love poem in Hindi from his room.
The son of a Sub Inspector posted in Kannauj, Mehtab had joined IIT-K in July this year. He had six siblings, including three brothers and three sisters. IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kashalkar said the suicide was detected in the evening when Mehtab did not respond to the repeated knocks by his friends.
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