Daijiword Media Network - Mangaluru (CLP)
Mangaluru, Dec 29: An engineering student allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room here on Monday December 29.
Poornima, a second year civil engineering student of Srinivas College, is the deceased.
Police sources said that she was in room number 405 of Srinivas College hostel with three others girls.
It is said that on Monday morning, two of her roommates went to class while Poornima stayed behind. Another roommate is said to be away on holidays.
When her roommates returned to the hostel after class hours in the evening, they found the door of the room locked from the inside. They knocked repeatedly and called out for Poornima, but there was no response.
They then alerted the others, and the door was broken down. Poornima was found hanging from the fan.
The reason for taking the extreme step is not yet known.
Bunder police have registered a case.