A student of Shillong Polytechnic became a victim of suicide on Monday morning as she hung herself to death inside the institute’s girls’ hostel.
The incident took place at around 2am. The deceased was identified as Diana Dimre Ch Marak (24), a resident of Tura. She was in the fourth semester of her Civil Engineering course, police informed.
A guard on duty heard dogs barking and began his rounds. On reaching the first floor of the girls’ hostel, he found Marak hanging by her neck from the window grill. She had used a cloth towel to take her own life.
Her body was taken to Shillong Civil Hospital for necessary formalities. Police are investigating.