IIT-Kanpur assistant registrar ends life after bout of depression

KANPUR: The assistant registrar at IIT, Kanpur ended his life by suicide at his official residence here on Tuesday. The deceased, identified as

Surjeet Kumar Das

, 40, was reportedly in depression. His family said his younger son, who is just one and a half-year old, had tested

Covid

positive and hence Surjeet’s

depression

had aggravated. Officials of

Kalyanpur

police station are investigating the case to ascertain the reason for his taking the extreme step.


Police said Das was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his official residence.

Inspector, Kalyanpur police station, Veer Singh said, “As per initial investigation, the deceased Surjeet Kumar Das was reeling under depression and was under treatment of a doctor based in Delhi.”

The field unit was called to the residence of the deceased in the IIT, Kanpur premises after which the body was taken into possession and later sent for post-mortem examination, said police officials.

“The deceased Surjeet was a native of Assam and lived with his wife Bulbul, mother-in-law and two sons. His elder son is eight years old while the younger one is one-and-a-half years old. Kumar was under treatment for depression since 2011,” inspector Singh said.