Student found dead in hostel toilet
By Express News Service | Published: 09th October 2017 04:45 AM |
Last Updated: 09th October 2017 07:36 AM | A+A A- |
Sarthak Puranik with his parents Srikant and Sucheta
BENGALURU: A 17-year-old student was found dead in a toilet of his college hostel in Bellandur on Saturday. Police said the cause of death is yet to be ascertained and they are waiting for the medical report.
Sarthak Puranik, son of Srikant and Sucheta Puranik from Dharwad, was a Class 12 student at Sri Chaitanya School and College at HSR Layout. He was a resident of the school hostel for the past two years.
Police said the incident was reported early on Saturday morning. Around 6.20 am, Sarthak went to the washroom but did not return for a long time. On realising that Sarthak had been gone for almost two hours, other students living in the hostel went to the washroom, but they found that the door was locked from inside. They called out his name but there was no response. A few of the students then peeped through the ventilation and saw Sarthak lying on the floor.
The students immediately alerted staff members of the hostel, who broke open the door and rushed Sarthak to a private hospital, police said. A doctor at the hospital said Sarthak had been dead for a few hours. The police were then alerted about Sarthak’s death and they shifted the body to St John’s Hospital for a postmortem. Bellandur police have registered a case of unnatural death and are waiting for the postmortem report to ascertain the cause of death.A police officer said there were no injuries on Sarthak’s body.
Relatives, friends take to social media
Sarthak’s friends and relatives took to Facebook to express their shock and sadness over the incident. Jayant Bhat, who said Sarthak was his sister-in-law’s son, said this was the sixth death he had faced in the family. His post states, “Actually he was my sister-in-law’s son, but he was no less than a son for me. I am completely shocked with Sarthak’s death.”
Sarthak’s aunt also posted a message expressing her grief. In another post, Sarthak’s friend expressed sadness over his death and stated that Sarthak’s friends would fight for justice.
Principal unaware
Aparna Jha, principal of Chaitanya Techno School and College, was not aware of the incident until Sunday evening. She expressed shock and pain on receiving the information.
