Gauhati University Student Dies at Guwahati-Area Homestay

A 22-year-old Gauhati University student, Nimisha Thakuria, died after being found unconscious at a homestay near Guwahati early Saturday, September 26, and police detained or arrested the man who was with her as they investigated the circumstances. Police have not established the cause or manner of her death. Thakuria was taken from the homestay to a nearby medical facility, where she was declared dead, according to police accounts. The man, identified in reports as Asif Ali, told investigators that she had died by suicide. Police said they were examining all aspects of the case and had not confirmed his account. Investigators have also questioned the homestay’s owner, according to an official account. Thakuria’s father told investigators that she left home on Friday evening, September 25, saying she planned to eat with friends. He said she later told her mother she would stay at a university hostel because it was late. Around 2 a.m., she called again and said she was being hit and could not breathe, her father said. Relatives separately described a call in which she said she had been punched and kicked.