Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Postgraduate Student Found Dead in Cooch Behar University Hostel
Trisha Saha was a 23-year-old student at a university in Cooch Behar.
She was studying for an MSc in agronomy.
On Thursday, she was found dead inside her university hostel.
Police took her to a rural hospital.
Doctors there declared her dead.
Her classmates, teachers, and other university workers were shocked.
University officials went to the hospital after hearing the news.
Police are investigating what happened and are waiting for a post-mortem report.
Trisha Saha, a 23-year-old first-year MSc student, was found dead in her hostel.
She studied agronomy at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya in Pundibari, Cooch Behar.
Saha was a resident of Siliguri.
Police took her to a rural hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
Police are investigating and awaiting the post-mortem report to determine the cause of death.
- Who
- Trisha Saha, a 23-year-old first-year MSc student from Siliguri.
- What
- She was found dead inside a university hostel.
- When
- Thursday.
- Where
- Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya in Pundibari, on the outskirts of Cooch Behar.
- Why
- The circumstances and cause of her death have not yet been determined; police are investigating.
- Deceased
- Trisha Saha
- Age
- 23
- Course
- First-year MSc in agronomy
- University
- Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
- Location
- Pundibari, Cooch Behar
- Police action
- Pundibari police station has started an investigation.
- Pending evidence
- Police are awaiting the post-mortem report.