The police said the student's family had been informed and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death was underway. A 20-year-old student of IIT Roorkee, Ayush Rajoria, allegedly died by suicide in his hostel room on Thursday night. Rajoria was a second-year student of the institute’s BS-MS programme in. A 20-year-old IIT Roorkee student died by suicide months after the institute began drafting a mental health policy.