MBA student commits suicide in college hostel in Punjab

Press Trust of India  |  Phagwara (Punjab) 

A student pursuing MBA at a private university here allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his room, police said Saturday.

The deceased was identified as (22), a resident of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, said.

The police said the second-year student tied a chord around his neck and hung himself from the ceiling fan of the room on Friday night.

Munish took the extreme step while his other inmates had gone to attend classes, the SHO said.

The family of the deceased has been informed and the body taken to the

local civil hospital mortuary, he added.

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First Published: Sat, April 20 2019. 18:35 IST