Jharkhand: Engineering student found dead in lodge; police suspect suicide
Press Trust of India | May 20, 2025 | 09:27 AM IST | 1 min read
The computer science student was alone in her room as her roommate had gone to visit her home in Dhanbad, Rajrappa police station officer-in-charge Krishna Kumar said.
NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old engineering student was found hanging in her room in a private lodge in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Monday, police said. The deceased, identified as Mehar Khan, was a student of Ramgarh Engineering College in Murubanda village in Rajrappa police station area and was living in a private lodge outside the campus along with a roommate, a police officer said.
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The computer science student was alone in her room as her roommate had gone to visit her home in Dhanbad, Rajrappa police station officer-in-charge Krishna Kumar said. The body of Khan, who hailed from Jamshedpur, was recovered from the room by the police. Prima facie, it seems to be a case of suicide and further investigation is underway to ascertain the cause, he added.
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