Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata has set up a fact-finding committee to probe the circumstances behind the unnatural death of PhD student Anamtira Roy (24), an institute spokesperson said on Sunday (August 10, 2025).
Roy, a life science researcher of the Haringhata campus in Nadia district, died in AIIMS Kalyani hospital on Friday (August 8, 2025) morning, hours after falling ill on the campus, a police officer said.
Drug overdose is believed to have been a factor leading to his death, the official said, quoting a preliminary report from the hospital.
An IISER spokesperson told PTI on Sunday (August 10, 2025) that the institute formed a fact-finding committee on Friday (August 8, 2025) to know the circumstances leading to the death.
Some of Roy's friends said hours before being rushed to the hospital on Thursday (August 7, 2025) night, he had a heated argument with some of his research colleagues at the institute's laboratory.
