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IIM aspirant seeking after moksha jumps to death

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A 25-year-old IIM aspirant jumped to his death in Bapanagar in North Delhi's Burari on Tuesday. He took sleeping pills and then jumped off the third floor of his uncle's house, police said.

Police said the deceased, Navdeep Kumar, was a native of Begusarai in Bihar. He lived with two friends in an apartment in Ranjit Nagar area. His parents, who live in Abu Dhabi, have been informed about the incident and they are returning to India to collect his body.

Investigating officers said that Kumar had done Master’s in engineering from Sweden and worked in merchant navy for a year. He left the job and came to Delhi to prepare for the IIM entrance exam.When the victim's mobile phone and diaries were scanned, cops discovered that he was extensively reading about 'moksha' and afterlife. Many spiritual books talking about afterlife were also found among his personal items. His mobile chat conversations also showed suicidal tendency as he had asked his friends about what happens after death.

 His internet search history showed that he had Googled about falling from what height would be sufficient to result in death.