<p> A 23-year-old student of IIT, Madras allegedly committed suicide at his hostel room, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Nagendra Kumar Reddy was found hanging in his room at the premier technical institute here last night.<br /><br />The reason for the M.Tech. student taking the extreme step was not clear since he had not left behind any suicide note but police were probing his death, they added.<br /><br />He had recently returned to the hostel after visiting his home in Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh for Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations, they said.<br /><br />Expressing condolences over the death, the institute said in a release: "IIT Madras is deeply saddened to report the death of (a) student on its campus on September 21. The student has been identified as a MTech scholar from Andhra Pradesh."<br /><br />IIT, Madras was cooperating with the police in its investigation, Director of the Institute, M Bhaskar Ramamurthy said in the release, adding, "We have no indication of the reason for (the) death."<br /><br />"The student's parents have been notified. The Institute offers its deepest condolences to the parents for the unfortunate and devastating loss," he said.</p>
<p> A 23-year-old student of IIT, Madras allegedly committed suicide at his hostel room, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Nagendra Kumar Reddy was found hanging in his room at the premier technical institute here last night.<br /><br />The reason for the M.Tech. student taking the extreme step was not clear since he had not left behind any suicide note but police were probing his death, they added.<br /><br />He had recently returned to the hostel after visiting his home in Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh for Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations, they said.<br /><br />Expressing condolences over the death, the institute said in a release: "IIT Madras is deeply saddened to report the death of (a) student on its campus on September 21. The student has been identified as a MTech scholar from Andhra Pradesh."<br /><br />IIT, Madras was cooperating with the police in its investigation, Director of the Institute, M Bhaskar Ramamurthy said in the release, adding, "We have no indication of the reason for (the) death."<br /><br />"The student's parents have been notified. The Institute offers its deepest condolences to the parents for the unfortunate and devastating loss," he said.</p>