A Postgraduate (PG) girl student of the Sambalpur University on Friday allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room at the university campus at Burla. Swatipriya Sahu hailing from the Badmal area in Balangir district allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in the Silver Jubilee hostel using her dupatta after fellow boarders left to attend their classes in the morning, reports said.
Swatipriya was a first year student of the Postgraduate Department of English of the university. The reason behind her suicide was not yet known. Her fellow boarders claimed that she was in the pink of mood on Thursday evening. The Burla police rushed to the spot and took her to the VSS Medical College Hospital, Burla, where she was declared dead by the doctors.
Her body was kept at the Casualty Department of the hospital waiting for the arrival of her parents after which police would conduct post-mortem. Her mobile call records are being examined by the police to ascertain the possible reason behind her suicide, police sources said. A pall of gloom prevailed at the university campus following the girl’s death.