In a tragic incident, a female student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati passed away at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) from alcohol overdose on Monday.
The deceased female student as been identified as Aishwarya.
Preliminary reports states that the deceased girl and three of her friends, all from IIT Guwahati were partying at a pub in city’s Paltan Bazar area on December 31.
They later booked into a hotel room in the same vicinity while inebriated.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Central Police District, Amitabh Basumatary told reporters, “After partying at Paltan Bazar, the girl and her companions checked into a hotel in the middle of the night. She was suffering from breathing difficulties in the morning, so her friends took her to GMCH for medical attention. However, the resident physicians pronounced her dead.”
The DCP also said that IIT Guwahati have been informed about the incident and after the following routine procedure, the body of the deceased was sent for a post mortem.
Police said that family members of the deceased IIT-G student have not yet filed any case.
The girl hails from Telangana.
Police said that they are awaiting the official autopsy result. The students accompanying the deceased were allowed to go back to IIT Guwahati campus. No one has been detained in connection with the case so far, police said.
