IIT Madras research scholar found hanging in his room after updating WhatsApp status
Third suspected suicide at IIT-M this year, 11th since 2018
Chennai: A PhD research scholar of the IIT Madras was found dead at his home on Friday in a suspected case of suicide in Velachery, Chennai, reported The Times of India.
The deceased, Sachin Kumar Jain, 23, ended his life after updating Whatsapp status as "I am sorry, not good. Enough".
According to police, Sachin had gone to his college(IIT Madras) as usual but returned to his rented home he shared with his other two mates around 11:30 am without informing anyone in the class. He then updated his status. Some of his friends who noticed his status rushed to his class to check on him. Learning that he could be at home, they rushed to his house and found him hanging from a ceiling fan.
The Velachery police registered a case and sent his body to the Government Royapettah Hospital for an autopsy.
IIT-M has posted a message stating that "We are deeply shocked and anguished to convey the tragic and untimely passing away of Sachin Kumar Jain of the Mechanical Engineering Department on March 31 afternoon.”
"A student with an exemplary academic and research record is a big loss to the research community. The student's family has been informed and they are on their way to Chennai. He was residing outside the campus. The institute expresses its heartfelt condolences and shares the grief of the friends and family of the deceased student."
According to The Telegraph, This is the third instance of suspected suicide by a student at IIT-Madras this year and the 11th case since 2018.
Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar on Monday told Lok Sabha that 33 students have died by suicide across the IITs since 2018.
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Tirupati laddu row: Samples of Ayodhya Ram temple 'prasad' sent for testing
Ayodhya, Sep 27: The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department on Friday collected samples of 'elaichi daana' or cardamom seeds being distributed as 'prasad' at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple here and sent them for testing, officials said.
The action was taken following a complaint lodged through the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS), Assistant Food Commissioner Manik Chand Singh said.
Singh said the samples were procured from Haiderganj, where the cardamom seed offerings are prepared and sent to the Jhansi State Laboratory for comprehensive testing and evaluation.
Prakash Gupta, the officer in charge of the Ram Temple trust, revealed that on average, around 80,000 packets of cardamom seeds are distributed daily as a sacred offering.
Amid a row over the alleged presence of animal fat in laddus at the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, the chief priest of the Ram temple here on Thursday questioned the purity of ghee being sold nationwide and said 'prasad' should be prepared under the supervision of temple priests only.
