JAIPUR: A 25-year-old engineering student from Bihar died after he fell from a high-rise apartment in Shivdaspura area on Thursday morning.
ACP (Chaksu) KK Awasthi said that the deceased was idenitfied as one Vivek Kumar, a resident of Bihar and he was studying in the final year at private engineering college near Sitapura.
“He was living with his friends in an apartment outside the college. He was speaking over the phone when he fell from the balcony on the eight floor of the building,” Awasthi said.
Based on the prima facie investigation and circumsticial evidence, the city are treating the death as a case of sucide.
The police, however, have not ruled out any possibilities yet.
Awasthi, however, said that Kumar’s body was shifted to the mortuary of a local hospital.
“His parents have been informed of the incident and they are comming to Jaipur,” he said.
The Shivdaspur police said that once the family arrives in the city to identify the deceased, they will proced with the further probe.
As per Awasthi, Kumar’s friends were sleeping inside the apartment when he stepped out of the room and came into the corridor and later jumped below.
Police suspect that the deceased was speaking to someone on phone some moments before died. Police said they will probe all angles.
