A 23-year-old law student from Amity University died on Saturday after falling from the seventh floor of a highrise in Noida. Police said that the incident took place at the Supreme Tower Society in Noida’s Sector 99, adding that his family has alleged foul play.
“The deceased was pursuing LLB,” said Manish Kumar Mishra, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida. Officials said the student had come to visit his friends at the residential society.
“Around 4.30 pm, he fell from the seventh floor of an eighteen-storey building under suspicious circumstances. He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment where doctors declared him dead,” an officer said.
At around 10 pm, a case was registered under section 108 (abetting suicide) with the Noida Police after the student’s father filed a complaint. “The family suspects the involvement of his friends. All the angles are being thoroughly probed. We are questioning the people present at the gathering. Further investigation is underway,” DCP Rambadan Singh said. Sources mentioned that the family has also alleged that the student was being harassed by a fellow female student.
The body was found in a secluded area, which has been under construction for several months.
Meanwhile, the security officials present at the spot said that on hearing the noise when they ran the boy was breathing. “There was no blood around. We thought he was only injured so we were taking him to the hospital but as we touched his head, we felt he stopped breathing and we informed the police, ” said a security official.
His body was taken for post-mortem at around 6 pm after the father of the deceased arrived.
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