IIT Bombay student found dead in hotel, police suspect suicide
- Saurabh Vaktania
- Mumbai
- September 4, 2018
- UPDATED: September 4, 2018 10:28 IST
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- The 22-year-old is originally from Chattisgarh and moved to Mumbai in July
- Police found depression near the dead body
- No suicide note was found
Jagdish Sawain was studying mechanical engineering in IIT Bombay.
On Monday, the dead body of a 22-year-old IIT Bombay student was found from a hotel in Jogeshwari, Mumbai.
Jagdish Sawain was a mechanical engineering student in IIT Bombay. He was originally from Chattisgarh and had come to Mumbai in July.
The police did not recover any suicide note from the scene and are waiting for the post-mortem report. According to police officials, on August 31, Jagdish checked in to Treebo hotel in Jogeshwari West area. On Saturday morning, he ordered breakfast; this was the last room service he ordered.
On Monday, the hotel staff complained of a foul smell coming out from Jagdish's room. The hotel staff opened the room with the help of a duplicate key and found Jagdish lying dead. The hotel staff instantly informed the Amboli police station. Depression tablets and bottle were found lying near Jagdish's body in the hotel room. The dead body was sent for post-mortem.
A police officer said, "We are awaiting for family members of Jagdish to come. We suspect it to be a case of suicide due to unknown reasons. No suicide note was found. But we found depression medicines. We will take statements of his friends and people known in Mumbai. Further investigations are on in the matter."
