In a grim first for Indians studying in the US, a first-year student took his own life in March while playing, it is understood, a macabre online game of dares called the "Blue Whale Challenge", which has also been called the "suicide game".
A 20-year-old student allegedly died by suicide at IIT Guwahati, police said on Friday. The first year BTech was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday night.
A 25-year-old man allegedly hanged himself at his home here after a breakup with his girlfriend, who has been booked for abetment to suicide, police said on Wednesday.