Kanpur: Class IX student found hanging in classroom

KANPUR: A class IX student allegedly committed suicide in the classroom at a CBSE affiliated college in Nawabganj area of Kanpur on Sunday night.
The student, Ashutosh Kumar, son of a primary school teacher Kamta Prasad, was a native of Gonda. He lived in a hostel on the college campus.
On Monday morning, his body was found hanging in a classroom on the second floor of the college. “He used to share the room with a student Pawan. On not finding Ashutosh in the bed, Pawan informed the hostel warden. Later, he was found hanging in a classroom which was opened by a peon on Monday morning,” police said.
The peon informed the college authorities, who in turn alerted the police. The police thereafter rushed to the spot along with a team of forensic experts. Though no suicide note was recovered from the spot, however, during the preliminary inquiry, it came to fore that the boy had committed suicide, police said. The body was shifted to the mortuary.
“The postmortem examination will be conducted once his family members arrive from Gonda. His local guardian, who resides in Bara Sirohi area of Kalyanpur, has also been informed,” said DIG Anant Deo. “Police are investigating the case and scanning the CCTV footage”, he added.
“Ashutosh was good at studies. In fact, some of the students who knew him told us that these days he seemed to be a bit disturbed. At around 9 pm on Sunday, he was spotted taking a stroll in the gallery,” said a college source.