New Delhi, July 19 -- IIT Kharagpur is once again grappling with the death of a student - the fourth such case in a year. A 21-year-old B Tech student of the varsity was found hanging in his hostel room on Friday, July 18.

Ritam Mondal, a fourth-year student enrolled in the mechanical engineering program, was found hanging in his room at Rajendra Prasad (RP) Hall hostel building, an institute official told PTI.

The IIT Kharagpur student originally from Kolkata, had returned to his room at Rajendra Prasad Hall after dinner on Thursday night. "There was nothing unusual in his behaviour," one of his hostel mates said, still struggling to process the news, reported PTI.

The next morning, when repeated knocks on Ritam's door went unanswered...