Hyderabad: An Hyderabad resident IIT topper, who was perusing Master’s degree at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh City of United States, reportedly committed suicide.
25-year-old, Shiva Kiran was found hanging in his hostel room. It was said that he have been depressed with his grades in the first semester exams of the course abroad. No suicide note was reportedly found but the student had withdrawn the fees he had paid for the second semester. Just a few days ago he told his family that he wanted to come back home and study well for his next semester.
“We got a phone call from officials of Telugu Association of North America (TANA) who informed that he was found hanging in his hostel room,” the IIT graduate’s uncle said, according to the Press Trust of India. “We are awaiting more information and clarity,” the news agency quoted him as having said.
Mr Kiran had reportedly topped the Engineering course he completed at IIT Hyderabad and left for the US for higher studies in August 2015. The family is waiting for the body to be brought home. His father is a pharmacist working with the government in Hyderabad.
