IIT-Madras student ends life

A 23-year-old student of IIT-Madras allegedly hanged himself in his hostel room, police said on Tuesday. Nagendra Kumar Reddy was found hanging on Monday night. The reason for the M.Tech. <g data-gr-id="16">student</g> taking the extreme step was not clear as he did not leave any suicide note, police said. He had recently returned to the hostel after visiting his home in Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh for Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations, they said. Expressing condolences over the death, the institute said in a release: “IIT Madras is deeply saddened to report the death of (a) student on its campus on September 21. The student has been identified as <g data-gr-id="14">a MTech</g> scholar from Andhra Pradesh.” IIT, Madras was cooperating with the police in its investigation, Director of the Institute, M Bhaskar Ramamurthy said.