A 4th year student of Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry at Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) has allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room on Wednesday.
The student identified as Rishikesh Kumar (25) allegedly hung himself to death in his hostel room and was found dead on Wednesday morning by his friends, police said. “Prima facie it appears to be a case of suicide however it would not be appropriate to mention anything beyond as the post mortem report is still awaited,” said PS in-charge of Kanke, Sanjay Kumar.
Kumar’s body was recovered around 7 am on Wednesday morning. Kumar’s room was on third floor of the hostel. He was resident of Chatra. Sources said Kumar was undergoing treatment for depression which was corroborated by October 20 dated medical slip recovered from his hostel room. Kumar was last sighted in his campus at 3 pm on December 17 when he was heading towards his hostel room however he reportedly did not come for dinner on that day. On Wednesday morning Kumar’s friends called up finally discovering that the 7th semester student has hung himself, said source.
The deceased’s body was brought down by the police who was called by the hostel authorities.