Two Ashoka University students found dead on campus

SONIPAT: Two students of Ashoka University here were found dead in separate incidents, police said on Sunday. The two incidents occurred on Friday night, said police officials.

In one incident, a 21-year-old student from Bengaluru is suspected to have died after jumping from an upper floor of the hostel building, station house officer sub-inspector Kuldeep said over the phone. Further investigations to ascertain the cause of his death are underway, he said.

Another student from Telangana is suspected to have died of cardiac issues after he was found lying unconscious near the university gate. The student was taken to hospital but was declared brought dead, the officer said.

Police had taken the bodies to the civil hospital for postmortem.