A girl student of the Post Graduate Department of Psychology of the Utkal University here committed suicide in her hostel room on Thursday.
The girl identified as Jaharana Swain (22), a second year student, hailed from Khurda district. She was staying with three other girl students in room number-198 of the Ramadevi Women’s Hostel inside the university campus.
On Thursday, she had gone to the department along with friends to attend classes, but she returned hostel early without informing her friends. At around 12.30 pm, when her fellow boarders returned to the hostel room, they were stunned to stumble upon Swain’s body hanging from a ceiling fan.
Soon, they informed the hostel warden about the incident. On being informed, the Saheed Nagar police rushed to the spot, recovered the body and started a probe.
The vice chancellor, registrar and professors of the university assembled near the body. The parents of the girl also reached the hostel to see their deceased daughter.
The police suspect that the girl had psychiatric problem, while the actual reason is yet to be revealed. The body was sent for post mortem.