A 27-year-old man lost his life after he fell from the first floor of the boy’s hostel at Panjab University on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Amandeep Singh, a resident of Sirsa, Haryana.
Police said the incident occurred around 1 am when the victim allegedly slipped from the balcony. Deceased lost control as he was in inebriated condition. The victim, Amandeep, had visited his friend, Ramandeep Singh Dhaka, a final year student of BA (llB). Ramandeep Singh, a secretary of National Students Union of India party (NSUI), was also his neighbour in Sirsa. In his statement to police, Ramandeep has stated that Amandeep and two other friends visited in the hostel where they consumed liquor at night. At late in the night, Aman received a phone call and he went outside to the balcony. While, he was urinating he accidentally slipped from the floor. He was found lying in a pool of blood by the hostel staff and other students and after which he was rushed to PGIMER where he was declared brought dead by doctors. The deceased’s father, Rohtash Kumar, who is a professor at Sirsa Girl’s college, was informed about the incident and he reached the mortuary at Sector 16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, where the body was handed over to family after post mortem His father informed that Amandeep was recently engaged and was due to get married next year in February. Amandeep was working in a private firm at Dera Bassi.