63-Year-Old Chemistry Professor at IIT-Roorkee Found Dead in His Apartment

Professor Kailash Chand Gupta was unmarried and used to live alone, the police said.

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A professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee was found dead in his apartment on Monday, 12 September, the police said.

Sixty-three-year-old Kailash Chand Gupta, a chemistry professor at IIT-Roorkee, was found dead on his chair inside his flat, located on the fifth floor of the Hills View Apartments on the campus.

The Uttarakhand Police got to know about the matter after another professor from the neighbourhood informed the security in the building about a strong odour that was coming out of Gupta's flat.

Further, Gupta had not been seen by anybody for the last 4-5 days, as per the police.

After being informed about the matter, the police broke down his door and found the body, which was then sent for post mortem.

“After looking at the body, it seems it is 4-5 days old. He was inside the room for the last few days and he was found dead on his chair," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Yogendra Singh Rawat was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

He also said that the body was sent for post-mortem to understand the case of death.

However, no suicide note was recovered from the flat, The Times of India reported the police as saying.

The professor was unmarried and used to live alone, the police further said.

(With inputs from ANI and The Times of India.)