BENGALURU: A 23-year-old nursing student fell to his death from the fourth floor of a
hotel in
VV Puram, near KR Market, after he was allegedly pushed by a friend during a heated argument over a girl late on Wednesday night.
VV Puram police arrested Royal Choudhary, 23, on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he allegedly pushed Ronak Choudhary from the balcony attached to their hotel room (No. 404) around 11.30pm. Ronak died instantly as he sustained severe injuries.
Royal, Ronak and Apoorva Choudhary, residents of Ahmedabad and first-year undergraduate students of private nursing colleges in Bengaluru, had come here to write an exam which ended on Wednesday. While Royal and Ronak are from the same college, Apoorva studies at another one.
Police sources said the trio was among 130 nursing students who had come from Gujarat to write the exam. “These students don’t attend classes and come during exam time only,” they added.
The trio shared a room in Hotel Vishala Residency on Sajjan Rao Road, VV Puram. “They were relaxing after the exam. Another friend of theirs, Ashwini, staying in the same hotel, joined them. The conversation turned into an argument when the trio began talking about their crush on a girl, Nandini (name changed). When things heated up, Ashwini tried to calm them down. Ronak went to the balcony and a few minutes later, Royal followed him and allegedly pushed him,” a police officer said.
Royal told police that Ronak accidentally fell from the balcony and he was not responsible for his death. But eyewitnesses said Royal pushed Ronak during the quarrel.
“We have informed Ronak’s family. The postmortem will be conducted once his parents reach the city. A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under IPC Section 304 has been registered and Royal has been arrested,” a police officer said.
Cops said they are waiting for a statement or complaint from Ronak’s parents to register a case of murder.
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