Kanpur, 26 Aug (HS): A young software developer working

in the cyber security department of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur

(IIT-K) reportedly committed suicide at his rented residence here, police said.

Deepak Chowdhary, the deceased, was from Maharashtra and wrote a suicide letter

apologizing to his parents and indicating that he was unable to keep up with

improvements in the cyber security area, according to them. Chowdhary had

worked at the institute's Cyber Security Department for the previous two years,

according to IIT-K head Manindra Agarwal. Prior to the incident, he discussed

his difficulties with a senior faculty member. Agarwal said he was told to keep

working hard and that he will succeed.

According to Ranjeet Kumar, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kalyanpur),

Chowdhary was discovered hanging from a ceiling fan with a plastic rope. A scribbled

suicide note found in his notebook read, I don't drink or do anything

wrong. Mom and Dad, please forgive

me. According to investigators, Chowdhary seemed happy on Sunday night, eating

and speaking with companions. On Monday,

however, when he did not reply to numerous calls and knocks, his pals called

the police. They looked inside through a window and discovered his body

hanging. Following the completion of

formalities, a forensic team forced open the door, collected evidence, and shut

the chamber. The corpse was transported for postmortem, and the family was

notified. Dinesh Tripathi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), stated an

inquiry is underway, but no foul play has been detected.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi