GUWAHATI: A 23-year-old student from

, who was doing internship at IIT Guwahati (IIT-G), was found hanging in the bathroom of the Lohit hostel of the institute on

.

The deceased, identified as Kota Onnoda, came from

of Japan under a student exchange programee and was about to return home towards November end.

He joined IIT-G for a three-month internship at the bio-sciences and bio-engineering department. An official of IIT-G said that as per the protocol applied in case of students, who comes under international student exchange programmes, all formalities are being taking care of. His body has been moved to a mortuary before an autopsy takes place.

Officials in IIT-G said that his friends tried to contact him over phone, but, could not get any reply. Later, the security officials were intimidated and his body was recovered in presence of police and magistrate. Police said probe is on to ascertain the causes behind the suicide. However, no suicide note has been recovered from his possession.