A 19-year-old pupil was discovered lifeless inside the toilet of his hostel room at a personal engineering school in Bengaluru on Wednesday, police mentioned.
The deceased, recognized as Nitin Narayanan, a local of Kozhikode in Kerala, was a first-year pupil at AMC Engineering Faculty in Bannerghatta.
In response to the police, Nitin, who joined the school and began dwelling within the campus hostel on December 1 this yr, remained absent on the primary day of his class on Wednesday.
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The incident got here to mild when his hostel roommate returned from class at round 6:30pm on Wednesday and located the toilet door locked from the within. Regardless of repeated knocks, there was no response which made him fear about Nitin, police mentioned.
In response to the police, when his roommate peeped via the window, he discovered Nitin mendacity in a pool of blood after which he alerted the hostel warden.
Figuring out of the incident, the hostel warden and others rushed to the spot. In response to the warden, they broke the toilet door open and located Nitin mendacity along with his throat slit and reported the matter to the police.
After reaching the crime scene, police discovered Nitin lifeless along with his throat slit and recovered a knife and accordingly knowledgeable the scholar’s household.
The coed’s dad and mom dwell in Dubai, whereas the opposite family members are in Kerala. After receiving the information, his uncle and different relations arrived in Bengaluru on Thursday night.
Police suspect this a case of suicide as Nitin was homesick and this was the primary time he was staying away from his dad and mom. The police are awaiting the autopsy report back to rule out any foul play and to find out the precise reason behind dying.
In the meantime, a case of unnatural dying has been reported by the police.