Jhansi, April 16 -- A tragic incident has come to light from the Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh, where a 23-year-old B.Tech student allegedly died by suicide inside his hostel room at the Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), police said on Thursday.

The deceased, Abhishek Gautam, was a third-year mechanical engineering student and a resident of Bansai village in Auraiya district.

He was staying alone in Room No. S-8 of the Panchvati Hostel on the college campus.

According to reports, Abhishek's mother had been trying to call him repeatedly on Wednesday morning, but he did not respond. Concerned, the family sent a tenant to check on him.

The tenant looked through the door opening and saw Abhishek hanging from the...