Berhampur IISER student found hanging in hostel room

A young student was found hanging under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Odisha’s Berhampur, sources said on Saturday.

The deceased has been identified as Satya Makar Murmu who hailed from Dumadihi village in Balasore district. He was a first-year BSc-MSc Integrated student and had joined the premiere institute this year, sources said.

According to sources, Murmu had joined the hostel a few days back. Instead of attending the class, he stayed behind while his friends went to the college. Later, a few hostel inmates spotted his hanging body and alerted the college authorities.

On being informed, police reached the spot and recovered the body. No exact reason for the death was known immediately, and police seized the body and sent it for autopsy.

No comment could be obtained from the college authorities or the boy’s family members in this regard.