Depressed engg student tries to kill self

Rajkot: A 23-year-old engineering student attempted suicide by jumping off the 4th floor of a building in city’s Soni Bazaar area during the early hours of Thursday.
According to police, Kaushal Khakhar jumped off the Keshav-Lila apartment building near Raiya Naka Tower in Soni Bazaar at about 3 am.
Khakhar is final year student of electronic and communication department at V V P Engineering College in Rajkot. He was first taken to Rajkot civil hospital and then referred to a private hospital. His condition is critical and he was unconscious till Thursday evening.
“Primary probe suggests that he was under depression since last eight months and was under medication,” said police. Khakhar’s father is a trader, they added.
However, the cause of his depression was not immediately known.