Student from Chhattisgarh found dead in KIIT hostel, 3rd such case this year

Bureau,Odishabarta

Bhubaneswar,(2n Dec):A first-year student of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Bhubaneswar was found dead in his hostel room on Sunday night. This is the third such case this year.

A first-year computer science student in Odisha’s Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology was found dead in the hostel campus, triggering a fresh debate over student safety inside the campus. The 18-year-old victim, identified as Rahul Yadav,  resident of Raigarh,Chhattidhgarh was found hanging in his room on Sunday, and the local police suspect that the boy died by suicide. This has been the third incident of student death on the campus in 2025.

Police sources said they received information about the incident late Sunday night and rushed to the spot, where the student was dead in his hostel room

Preliminary enquiry suggests his alleged relationship with a girl could be the reason.

Verification of his social media accounts, digital communication and information from hostel inmates, mother and relatives of the deceased indicate that he was in a relationship with the girl from his state.

TNIE