Guwahati, Sept. 7 -- In a shocking incident that has cast a shadow over one of India's premier engineering institutions, an employee of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati was found dead inside his residential quarter on the sprawling campus in North Guwahati.

The deceased has been identified as Dipankar, an employee with the Bio Science and Bio Energy departments as per reports.

The discovery, reported late Sunday evening, has prompted a swift police investigation, with preliminary indications pointing toward suicide.

Local authorities confirmed that the body was discovered after colleagues alerted security about a foul odor emanating from the locked Faculty Quarter.

Police, accompanied by a magistrate, forced entry int...