Ballia (UP):

A 20-year-old student preparing for IIT in Rajasthan’s Kota allegedly died suicide at his home in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia, police said today.

Roshan Verma was sleeping with his family members in the verandah of his house in Devki Chhapra village Monday night. At some point, he went to his room and hanged himself from the fan, they said.

After completing his Class 12 exams, Roshan was preparing for IIT in Kota. He had come home on holiday, police said.

His family came to know about the incident the next morning, they said.

According to the family, Roshan had been suffering from a severe headache for the last few days and was under treatment. It is believed that he died by suicide because of it, SHO Dharam Veer Singh. The body has been sent for post-mortem, the SHO said.

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