MP: First-Year IIT Indore Student Dies By Suicide In Hostel After Losing Money In Online Betting Games

The deceased was a native of Telangana and had moved to Indore for his studies. Police have started a probe into the case and are reportedly investigating his financial transactions and mobile apps.

An IIT-Indore student was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room on January 3.

Source : ABPLIVE AI

A first-year B.Tech student at IIT Indore in Madhya Pradesh died by suicide after hanging himself in his hostel room on Friday night. The student's family has been informed about the incident and the body has been sent to the district hospital for postmortem. Investigation is underway.

The deceased, Rohit, was a 17-year-old native of Nalgonda, Telangana and had moved to Indore for his studies. On January 3, his friends went to the hostel's dining hall for dinner and returned to find Rohit hanging from a noose in his room. Thereafter, the warden at Vikram Sarabhai Hostel and Simrol police were immediately informed about the incident.

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The student was said to be under mental stress due to online betting and financial loss. Although he did not leave a suicide note, he left a whatsapp status in which he described online betting games as dangerous as drugs addiction, Amar Ujala reported citing police officer.

Police have started a probe into the case and are also investigating his financial transactions and mobile apps, the report said.

According to Rural ASP Rupesh Dwivedi, Rohit was a bright student and lived alone in his room. His friends have told the police that he used his phone frequently and often played mobile games. That's when he gradually got caught in online betting and lost lakhs of rupees in it. This brought him under immense stress as he was unable to recover from the huge loss, Amar Ujala reported.

The police are also attempting to find out whether he was threatened by someone or  was under any pressure of debt. Meanwhile, Rohit's elder brother has ruled out suicide and called the case a murder, demanding a fair investigation.