Police in Roorkee launched an inquest late Thursday night after a 20-year-old undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee was found dead inside his campus hostel room.
Officers forced open the locked room before recovering a detailed digital note from the student's laptop. The discovery triggered immediate forensic inquiries across the campus.
The deceased has been identified as Ayush Rajoria, a second-year student enrolled in the integrated BS-MS Programme under IIT Roorkee's Department of Mathematics. Roorkee Police Control Room initially received an alert through the 112 emergency dispatch network late Thursday night, prompting a rapid police mobilization to the residential wing.
The door had been locked from the inside. Responding personnel entered the premises, cordoned off the scene, and transferred the student's remains to the Civil Hospital in Roorkee for an official post-mortem examination.
Police investigators seized Rajoria’s personal computer from the room, discovering an extensive written note stored on the hard drive. Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police Navneet Singh Bhullar confirmed that technical teams are reviewing the text line by line to determine the sequence of events leading to the student's death.
The control room received an alert via the 112 service, after which teams accessed the locked room and recovered the student's body. We have secured a detailed note from his computer, which is being thoroughly examined as part of ongoing proceedings.
Navneet Singh Bhullar, Senior Superintendent of Police, Haridwar
Legal formalities remain strictly procedural at this stage. Investigators have registered inquest proceedings under statutory guidelines, with forensic analysts working alongside medical officers conducting the autopsy at the Civil Hospital.
| Case Parameter | Official Status |
|---|---|
| Deceased Student | Ayush Rajoria (Age 20) |
| Academic Department | BS-MS, Department of Mathematics, IIT Roorkee |
| Incident Location | Campus Hostel Room, IIT Roorkee |
| First Responder Alert | Emergency 112 Dispatch Call |
| Investigating Jurisdiction | Haridwar District Police, Roorkee Division |
| Key Material Recovered | Digital suicide note on personal computer |
IIT Roorkee administration issued a formal statement on Friday, November 13, extending condolences to Rajoria's relatives while calling on the public to halt unverified speculation. Institute Media Cell In-charge Sonika Srivastava stated that administrative officers are working in tandem with Haridwar Police to facilitate every aspect of the official inquiry.
Yet the campus community remains shaken. Institute officials said counseling and support mechanisms are being extended across the department to assist students and staff affected by the loss.
"The circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated by the police," Srivastava said in an official institute briefing. "The institute is extending full cooperation to the authorities and providing necessary support to the bereaved family during this difficult period."
Police officials stated that final medical findings from the post-mortem report will be matched against the digital timeline retrieved from Rajoria's computer in the coming days before further legal directions are issued.
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| Current Medical Status |
| Inquest and post-mortem underway at Civil Hospital |