Gujarat: BTech student caught in cheating case, dies by suicide

AHMEDABAD: A 20-year-old BTech student of Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) of Gandhinagar on Wednesday committed suicide by jumping into Narmada canal near Sughad village of the state capital.
According to the police officers, Aman Das, resident of Sharan Residency in Chandkheda, was allegedly caught copying in the exam on Wednesday at the university after which his cell phone was seized by the university authorities.
After this, Aman left the college on Wednesday afternoon but did not go to his home. As he did not appear at the home till the late evening, they approached the PDEU authorities where they knew about the copy case incident.
The family members approached Infocity police and filed a plea to lodge a missing complaint. Later, a team of Infocity police started searching for Aman, but did not find him till late on Thursday evening.
During the search operation, Aman’s motorcycle was found near Sughad canal and later a team of Adalaj police also joined the search operation.
Sources in Adalaj police said that Aman’s body was recovered from the canal during the wee hours on Thursday. After that, Adalaj police registered a complaint of accidental death and began an investigation.
Cops also found his bag from the canal with which he jumped into the canal and committed suicide.
However, cops did not file any suicide note from his belongings, but primary statements of the relatives suggested that he committed suicide due to the copy case.
Inspector DB Vala of Adalaj police said that Aman’s father Narayan Das has been working as chief reservation officer in the western railways and his mother is a homemaker. Aman was the only son of his parents.
“His parents broke down after his suicide, so we did not register their statement,” said Vala.
The police also called a team of FSL to examine further in the case. A panel postmortem was conducted to know the exact reason behind the death.