A 24-year-old B.Tech (Computer Science) student of Sharda University, situated in Greater Noida, has died by suicide in his hostel room on campus, police said on Saturday. The student, identified as Shivam Dey from Madhubani in Bihar, was found hanging in the HMR hostel on Friday. Police reached the spot soon after receiving the information, took the body into custody, and sent it for post-mortem examination. A forensic team also inspected the area.
Officials said a suicide note was recovered from the room in which Shivam cited personal reasons for his decision and made several appeals. “If you are reading this, I am dead. My death is my own decision. Nobody is involved in this. I have been planning this for a year,” the note read.
He reportedly mentioned that he had not been attending classes for two years and urged the university administration to refund the unused fees to his family. He further expressed a desire to donate his organs and raised concerns over the country’s education system.”If this country wants to become great, then first of all, the education system has to be corrected.”
The student’s family alleged that despite his prolonged absence from classes, the university did not inform them.
Police said that all angles of the incident are being investigated. Earlier in July, a second-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery student of the same Sharda University in Greater Noida had also died by suicide in the women’s hostel, alleging humiliation and mental harassment by two faculty members.
It was after that incident that students staged protests on the university campus.
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