Guwahati: A Japanese student on an exchange programme at IIT-Guwahati has been found dead inside a hostel room, police said Friday.
The body of the student, identified as that of Kota Onoda (22) was found hanging from the ventilator of a bathroom in Lohit hostel at 3.30pm Thursday, a spokesperson of IIT-Guwahati stated.
After receiving information, a police team reached the spot and recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital and the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi has been informed about it, the spokesperson said.
Onoda, a masters programme student at Gifu University in Japan, was doing internship in the Bio-Sciences and Bio-Engineering department of IIT-Guwahati for a semester, as part of the exchange programme. His internship was scheduled to end November 30.
A delegation of Gifu University that was in Guwahati, Thursday and the Ministry of External Affairs were also informed by the IIT authorities about the incident.
PTI
