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GUWAHATI: A female student hailing from Karnataka committed suicide on Wednesday in the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) campus here, police said. Nagashri SC from Shimoga town was a mechanical engineering student and joined the IIT in July, IIT-G spokesman Labanu Konwar said.A resident of Dhansiri Girls Hostel , Nagashri did not attend classes on Wednesday. Academic pressure could not have made her to take the extreme step, IIT-G officials said.A police officer said: "Preliminary investigation indicate it was suicide. As there was no response to repeated door knocks, campus security called police who forced open the door. "When her roommate returned to the hostel, she found the room door locked from inside..