
8216;8216;He used to chat on the Internet all night. We used to find him chatting at 5 am with people across the globe. He was very sensitive8230;it is possible that a chat friend deserted him8230;and he decided to end his life.8217;8217;
This is what a close friend of Bir Kariya Sikri Hansdah at IIM Lucknow told Express on Thursday, a day after the 22-year-old hanged himself and posted the event on a website.
8216;8216;He Kariya was the one who used to relieve us of stress that comes with the heavy study schedule at IIM,8217;8217; says Sanjay Loha, Kariya8217;s classmate and best friend on campus. 8216;8216;The shocking death has left behind many questions regarding the motive.8221;
None of Kariya8217;s three friends at IIML 8212; Sanjay Loha, Umakant Yadav and Ashok 8212; know if their friend killed himself over a girl. 8216;8216;Even if there was something of this sort, he would not have told us,8217;8217; says Yadav. 8216;8216;Even on Tuesday night, all of us were together in Loha8217;s room watching the movie, Armageddon, till 2 am,8217;8217; Yadav says. 8216;8216;He was talking about the new project we had to start. He also said he would be buying a new digital camcorder after he got a placement. He was so happy8230;8217;8217; Yadav adds. Kariya left a little later, borrowing a CD driver for re-installing a web camera.
Kariya did log on to a chat room but closed it soon. 8216;8216;He opened a website showing various ways to hang oneself and took a 15-second shot of himself in the nude,8217;8217; adds Yadav.