A 47-year-old assistant professor of Mathematics at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati was found dead in his quarters on the campus on Friday.

Superintendent of police of Kamrup district Hitesh Ch. Roy said that the body was recovered from inside a room on Friday evening.

“We suspect that he allegedly committed suicide two-three days back. The body has been sent to the hospital for post-mortem,” Roy said.

According to the police, on Friday evening, police received information from IIT-Guwahati that a foul smell was coming out from locked faculty quarter D 022.

“The circumstantial evidence suggests it to be a suicide but we can’t say anything further till our investigation is over,” a police officer said.  The investigation will also try to understand the reason leading to his death,” the police further said. 

Kamal was the son of Ismatullah Ansari, a resident of Paschim Vihar in New Delhi.

IIT-Guwahati has also issued a statement: “The institute is trying to establish contact with the family of the deceased. IIT-Guwahati expresses its deepest condolences to the family at this time of profound grief. We will cooperate with the police investigation and will also commission an internal investigation on this matter.”p