KANPUR, Oct. 4 -- An IIT Kanpur electrical engineering student, who allegedly died by suicide a few days ago, had no history of depression, stress or any other chronic illness, factors often liked to such cases, according to police citing institute medical records. The 22-year-old, a final-year B Tech student from Haryana, was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday evening (October 1). His body, in a decomposed state, was discovered after fluids were seen seeping out from under the locked door. The post-mortem indicated that the student died on Sunday night (September 28). The student was the vice-captain of the IIT cricket team and a long jumper too. On Sunday evening, hours before his suspected death, he was seen practising long jump and "seemed normal", students who later spoke to police said. DCP (West) Dinesh Tripathi said: "We have not found history of any illnesses like stress, depression and for that matter any chronic illness." He added that no formal investigation had been launched yet. "If the parents give any complaint we will act accordingly." ACP (Kalyanpur) Ranjeet Kumar said police conducted a forensic sweep of the room and seized his mobile phone, laptop and other belongings. "These will be examined to ascertain what drove him to the extreme step," he said. No suicide note was found. The student's father said his son had spoken to his family two days earlier and appeared "absolutely normal". "He told his sister he would come home in December. He said campus interviews were scheduled for January and that he would secure employment by March. He was busy with studies but sounded fine," he said. For two days, the body remained in the hostel room before other students raised an alarm. IIT Kanpur has nine professional counsellors, a 24x7 helpline, a de-addiction clinic, and one faculty advisor for every 30 undergraduate students. Yet the latest incident raises fresh concerns over the efficacy of this framework, which has now come under renewed scrutiny. The latest death is the seventh suicide at IIT-Kanpur in the past 22 months, underlining a troubling pattern that the institute has so far struggled to address. While the administration runs training programmes through the Prevention of India Foundation to equip faculty, hostel wardens and student bodies with tools to detect distress, these efforts appear to have fallen short. The incident has shaken the campus, with students and faculty calling for a transparent review of counselling protocols and greater accountability from the student welfare division. The institute has not yet issued a formal statement on counselling....