A Plus Three Commerce first year girl student of the Udayanath College of Science and Technology at Adaspur in Cuttack district was found hanging from the ceiling of a hostel room on Friday morning. The deceased hailed from Niali area of Cuttack district.
Sources said the girl was preparing for the examination in her hostel room on Thursday night. In the morning on Friday when she did not open the door, some inmates called up the hostel superintendent. When the door was opened, she was found hanging from the ceiling.
Though the exact reason behind the incident was yet to be ascertained, it was suspected that she took the extreme step due to pressure of examinations. On getting information, police rushed to the spot and began an investigation.
After the incident, the college authorities postponed all examinations scheduled to be held on Saturday.