Mystery shrouded the death of a BBA girl student of the DAV School of Business Management (DSBM) here, who allegedly committed suicide in the college hostel on Monday night.
The deceased, identified as Tanaya Banerjee, ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her hostel room. The hostel superintendent said that till 11 pm, everything was alright in the campus. But what happened after that he didn’t know.
However, the family members of the girl alleged that she was under depression after being tortured by her seniors and juniors took the extreme step.
As per the complaint, she had called her mother on Monday night and cried over phone while complaining about the torture meted out to her by a few senior and junior students.
But the exact reason behind her death was yet to be ascertained.
On getting information, police reached the spot and recovered a suicide note from the hostel room. The cops also sent the dead body to the Capital Hospital for postmortem.
The school authorities have formed an internal committee to probe into the incident.
When asked, the school authorities said the reason behind her death was unknown.
Meanwhile, since the girl is a native of Talcher, local MlA Braja Pradhan visited the hospital and demanded an impartial inquiry into the incident.