A 28-year-old BDS student of Jamia Millia Islamia allegedly committed suicide at her friend's residence in South-East Delhi's Okhla area on Tuesday night.
No suicide note has been recovered from her possession, but her friends claimed that she was depressed after being asked to "vacate her hostel room" an allegation that has been rubbished by the university authorities. The girl was on leave from the hostel and hence so far the authorities have not put defaulters name on the notice board, said university sources.
The victim identified as Hina Peakar is from Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, she had completed her BDS course from Jamia but was pursuing one-and-a-half-month course related to her professional degree. "For the same she wanted to extend her stay in the hostel. After the hostel authority approved her stay, she was unable to pay hostel fees. So the administration had asked her to vacate the hostel," the source added.
For the last one week she was residing at her friend's residence in Okhla’s Jamia Nagar. Gulzar Ahmad Zaidi, her friend, told police that due to this reason she was depressed and on Tuesday night, he found her hanging from the ceiling fan. When she was taken to the hospital by police, she was declared brought dead. Meanwhile, her body was sent for the post-mortem.
The police official privy to investigation said the exact reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained.
Denying Zaidi's claim, Jamia authorities said Peakar had applied for leave on July 15 to visit her local guardians in Okhla whose name was already in the endorsement list.
Adding to it, the authorities said there is no question that she can't afford the hostel fees fee installment July-December amounting to Rs 15,150 as she was getting almost the same amount as stipend every month.
Jamia administration categorically denied that Peakar was asked to vacate her hostel because she was unable to pay the fee, arguing that the university had still not put a notice for fee payment.
Some BDS students also rubbished the report that she was not in a position to pay her hostel fee and hence was depressed.
Meanwhile, cops are investigating the matter.