PRAYAGRAJ: A 25-year-old senior research fellow (SRF) at Purvanchal University, Jaunpur and ex-student of Allahabad University (AU) identified as Sanjay Kumar Patel committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling at room no. 77 of Holland Hall hostel of AU under the limits of Colonelganj police station late on Monday night.
The deceased was a resident of village Palani, Baberu in Banda district.
Deputy SP (Colonelganj) Ajeet Singh Chauhan said, “We have recovered a suicide note from the room no. 77 of the Holland Hall hostel wherein the victim has claimed that no one should be held responsible for his death.”
The victim in his suicide had also mentioned the name of a woman and stated that her marriage had been fixed somewhere else.
The officer further added, “Sanjay Patel had returned to the hostel room about two days back from Delhi and was found hanging from the ceiling of the room on Tuesday morning.”
Police said that the deceased had completed his graduation and post-graduation from AU and was currently working as a senior research fellow at Purvanchal University in Jaunpur.
The DySP said that the police were probing the case thoroughly after sending the body for post mortem examination.
