‘Depressed’ JNU student found dead in Munirka Vihar

Till now it hasn’t been found that the extreme step was taken by the student owing to any issues at the university, said a senior police officer.

A 27-year-old student of JNU allegedly committed suicide due to depression in south Delhi’s Munirka area on Monday evening.

Police said no suicide note has been found till now.(Shutterstock)

Krish was a student of MPhil in JNU. No suicide note has been found till now, police said.

Till now it hasn’t been found that the extreme step was taken by the student owing to any issues at the university, said a senior police officer.

He is said to have been depressed for some time over some personal issues, he added.

A PCR call was received at 5.05pm that a person had locked himself in a room at a house in , said a senior police officer.

On reaching the spot, police forced open the door and a young man was found hanging from the ceiling fan.

The crime team was called to the spot and the scene was inspected and photographed.

“He had come to his friends’ house this afternoon to have food. He said he wanted to sleep and went to a room and locked himself inside.

“Later his friends called him out and on getting no response, they called the police,” he said.