Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru Dec 26: In a tragic incident, a student died by suicide at Suratkal on Sunday December 26.
The deceased has been identified as Sourav Kumar Yadav (19), son of Suresh Prasad Yadav, a native of Oraiya village in Jamui district in Bihar.
He was pursuing 2nd year electrical and electronics engineering at NITK Suratkal.
A death note was found, wherein Saurav is understood to have stated that he was going through financial crisis, and that he also felt a sort of 'chemical reaction' in his brain. He was pursuing studies with the help of education loan.
He was found hanging in his room. It is learnt that he had earlier attempted suicide when he was in SSLC.
Police sources said that his parents are poor and do not have provision to come to collect his mortal remains, and have asked that Saurav be cremated in Mangaluru.
Sources said that NITK staff and students are making arrangements so that his parents can reach Mangaluru.