IIM Ranchi shocker: A student was discovered hanging from a ceiling fan with his hands tied; police are investigating.

The Free Press Journal discovered that the hostel space had been evacuated and only the police and administrative staff are being allowed to visit the fifth floor of the building.A student at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi was allegedly found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room with his hands tied.

The student, who has been identified as Shivam Pandey from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, according to India Today, studied Business Analytics at IIM Ranchi. Pandey was found dead at the fifth floor of his hostel.

The other residents of the building were knocking repeatedly on Shivam's door last night. When they received no response, the students peered through a window present above the room's door and found Shivam hanging. The hostelites reported it to the police by 2 am.

As of now, students have been barred from entering the fifth floor and only admin members and doctors are able to access the area. Police officials have also arrived at the campus as an investigation is on to ascertain the cause of death.

"All the students are on edge since hearing about the news," stated an IIM Ranchi student.

WIth a post-mortem underway, a preliminary investigation leads the police to believe that Shivam committed suicide. "The student lived alone in his room which was on the fifth floor. The door was locked from the inside when we found him. There was no way for others to access his room," said as official from the Nagri Police Station.