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Students then informed the authorities and broke the doors to find Mr Singh's body handing from the fan, said Mr Agarwal. A third year Ph.D student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday, by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his hostel room. The student has been identified as Bheem Singh, said Senior Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh Kumar. A year ago, concerned over the increasing number of "campus suicides", the IITs across the country decided to have wellness centres, to help students deal with stress. "After Mr Singh was missing for a day, students noticed that his room had been locked for a long time and when they knocked there was no response..