Krishnagiri: A Class twelfth The student committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room near Uthankarai here on Saturday night. Police say that the reason for the suicide is yet to be ascertained.
The Uthankarai police identified the deceased as A. as it is Gopalakrishnan, 17, Changam K in Tiruvannamalai district. A student of the government school in Uthankarai, he was staying in a government hostel for the backward class students of the town.
A police officer said 50 students were staying in the hostel and 36 of them had gone to their homes for the weekend.
“After dinner, Gopalakrishnan went to his room and locked him from inside. Her roommates came late and knocked on the door for a few minutes. With no response, they looked at the gap in the door and found Gopalakrishnan hanging from the ceiling of the room,” the official said.
The students immediately informed the hostel warden and they called the Uthankarai police, who ransacked the room and recovered the body.
police sub-inspector Amala Edwin He said that the student used a cable wire to hang him. “The student had attempted suicide twice in the hostel premises in the past. We are trying to identify the factors that prompted them to take this step.
The body was sent to the government hospital in Uthankarai for postmortem. Police have registered a case and further investigation is on. news network
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