Srinagar: A 24-year old Kashmiri student was found dead inside his hostel room during Wednesday night at Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh. The deceased youth has been identified as Manan Qadir Wani son of Ghulam Qadir Wani resident of Buchwara Dalgate presently residing at Chanapora.
Manan according to reports was pursuing Engineering course at SRM College and had returned from Kashmir only before three days. He was living in a private hostel in Modinagar area.
College officials told that the body of Manan was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside his hostel room by one of his friends Navneet. “After having dinner, Navneet went to Manan’s room and found him hanging there at around 1 AM. Hostel management informed the police about the incident,” said a senior police officer.
According to reports no suicide note has been found at the spot. Director General of Police, UP could not be contacted, however, ADGP, Law and Order and Crime, Uttar Pradesh, Arun Kumar told CNS that they are waiting for the postmortem report but the initial investigation has revealed that it is a case of suicide.
A police officer said that they are scanning his phone call details to know with whom he talked to the last time.
A Jammu and Kashmir police official said that they are in touch with Ghaziabad police to verify the facts.
Deputy Inspector General, Central Kashmir Ahfadul Mujtaba told CNS that it is the local police which has to ascertain the facts. “We are in touch with Ghaziabad police and even IGP Kashmir talked to them. Most probably, the body would be brought to Srinagar on Friday,†he said.
Despite repeated attempts, Station House Officer Modinagar, Ashok Kumar could not be contacted.