Archive · 30 Aug 2026
AMU Student Dies in Second Suicide Case at University
A 22-year-old student at Aligarh Muslim University was found hanging in a rented home.
Police said he may have died by suicide.
He was studying French in his second year.
He had returned from Jammu and Kashmir about four days earlier.
A note reportedly said he was struggling and asked his parents to forgive him.
This was the second similar death reported at the university in about four weeks.
The earlier student was a 19-year-old from Kolkata who was found in her hostel room.
The reports do not explain all the problems the students were facing.
A 22-year-old second-year BA (Hons) French student at Aligarh Muslim University was found hanging at his rented accommodation.
Police said the student allegedly died by suicide in Aligarh’s Civil Lines area on Friday.
The student had returned to Aligarh from his hometown in Jammu and Kashmir about four days earlier.
A note reportedly described him as a “loser,” said he could no longer cope, and asked his parents for forgiveness.
The death is the second reported at AMU within four weeks, following a 19-year-old student’s death in a hostel earlier this month.
- Who
- A 22-year-old second-year BA (Hons) French student at Aligarh Muslim University, originally from Jammu and Kashmir.
- What
- He was found hanging at his rented accommodation in an incident police described as an alleged suicide.
- When
- On Friday; the previous similar death was reported earlier in the month.
- Where
- A rented accommodation in the Civil Lines area of Aligarh, near the AMU campus.
- Why
- A note reportedly said he could no longer cope with the issues he was facing, but the specific issues were not identified.
- University
- Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
- Student’s age
- 22
- Course
- Second-year BA (Hons) in Foreign Languages (French)
- Location
- Rented accommodation in Civil Lines, Aligarh
- Origin
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Reported timing
- The student had returned from his hometown about four days earlier
- Recent similar case
- A 19-year-old AMU student from Kolkata was found hanging in her hostel room earlier this month