Japanese Exchange Student Found Dead in IIT Guwahati

Guwahati, November 22, 2019:

Kota Onada, an intern from Japan, was found hanging in his hostel bathroom on Thursday. The Japanese exchange student, who was part of a 3-month internship course, was slated to return to his home country on November 30.

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According to reports, the Japanese student was found hanging from the hostel room ceiling at around 3 pm. His body was reportedly discovered after his friends tried to call him, but his phone was switched off. When they visited his hostel, he was discovered hanging, dead.

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Preliminary investigation suggests that Onada's death was a suicide case. Onada's friends have revealed that he was not behaving "unnaturally" in the hours leading upto his death. A post-mortem is being conducted today to determine the cause behind his death.

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