"Saw My Friend Hanging, Taken Down 8 Hours Later": IIT-Guwahati Student

A massive protest erupted on the campus last evening as they alleged grades have become more important than student lives at the IIT.

The death of a 21-year-old student has sparked anger at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Guwahati, with his friends accusing the administration of being insensitive towards students and parents. A massive protest erupted on the campus last evening as they alleged grades have become more important than student lives at the institute. The student from Uttar Pradesh was found dead in his hostel room, the fourth such death at the prestigious institute this year. It is now being alleged that the students were stopped from breaking open the hostel room door when the body was first noticed.

Speaking to NDTV, a student claimed they were also stopped from informing the dead student's family and an attempt to delete videos from their phones by the administration.

"I saw through the ventilator my friend was hanging from the fan. The guards stopped us from breaking the door. It took almost 30 minutes before it could be opened. Whether he was alive or not wasn't their concern," he said requesting anonymity.