An IIT aspirant allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room here after failing to qualify the JEE (Advanced) exam.
The body of Arijeet (19), a resident of Nawabganj in West Bengal, was recovered late last evening. He had been preparing for the IIT (Mains) exam at a premier coaching institute here, a police official said.
No note was recovered from the room but his friends in the hostel said that he was depressed over failing to qualify for JEE (Advanced), Sub-Inspector at Mahaveer Nagar Police Station, Ramswroop, said. The body has been kept in the mortuary of MBS hospital and the post-mortem will be conducted today, the officer said.
Results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main, were announced on Thursday.