IN Ashocking incident, a student of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) committed suicide on Tuesday. As per information, Renumala Shashidhar took his life citing personal and economic reasons. He was a resident of hostel number 9 of the institution. He was a second year student enrolled in the course of Master of Computer Applications (MCA). Talking to ‘The Hitavada’, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the institute, Dr. Rahul Tiwari confirmed the same and said that prima facie, it appears that the student committed suicide owing to personal and financial reasons. As narrated by him, the student was suffering from some problems from his financial side with additional issues from the side of the family.

 

“The guardians of the student have been informed and they will be coming to receive the body from the institute on Wednesday.” Dr Tiwari said. Thana Incharge (TI) of Kamla Nagar, Nirupa Pandey said that the student was a resident of Telangana. “His family comes from a weak economic background and his father had died early. His guardians have not arrived and further details in the case will be disclosed with their arrival. It was further claimed that the deceased was suffering from depression but no such evidence has been found to prove or falsify this claim. The police has not recovered the suicide note till now. “The deceased was claimed to be in distress from the past few times. The inquest in this case has been started.” Pandey informed further. Significantly, inquest is a judicial or an official inquiry to determine the cause of an unexpected death. Further details into the type and nature of the suicide are awaited. “The foundation day of MANIT Bhopal was to be celebrated on September 4, 2024, but due to sad and untimely demise of Renumala Shashidhar, a student of MANIT and resident of Hostel No. 9, the institute has decided to call off the Foundation Day celebration.” The information from the institute stated.