A 24-year-old engineering student was found hanging inside his hostel room in Modinagar area, the police said on Thursday. Manan, who belonged to Kashmir, a third year B.Tech. student at SRM University and lived in a private hostel in odinagar area. “He was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room by his friend Navneet. After having dinner, Navneet went to Manan’s room and found him hanging at around 1 am. The hostel management informed the police about the incident,”said a senior police officer. No suicide note was found at the spot.
However, the police has not ruled out the possibility of Manan taking the extreme step due to a failed love affair “We would question his parents once they reach here. We are scanning his phone call details to know with whom he talked to the last time,” the officer said. Manan had returned from Kashmir three days ago. The police has sent the body for post-mortem examination.
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ATM guard found murdered
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 5
A 60-year-old security guard was found murdered with his throat slit in his house in Gokalpuri, northeast Delhi. A senior police official said the deceased has been identified as Sompal, a resident of Brajpuri. “Sompal belonged to Baghpat, UP. He had been living on rent in the area for past several years. A relative of Sompal came to meet him on Thursday morning and found him lying in a pool of blood and the house ransacked. He then informed the police,” said a senior police official.
The body was sent to a government hospital for the post-mortem. An FIR of murder under Section 302 of the IPC was lodged at the Gokalpuri police station. The official said a crime branch team visited the crime scene. “The motive behind the murder is not clear. Though the house was ransacked but we won’t say that he was killed only for robbery,” said the official.
The deceased was a security guard at an ATM in the area. The police is checking his call details to get a lead in the case.