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This is an archive article published on May 26, 1998

Engineering student jumps to death

KURUKSHETRA, May 25: Vijay Patel, a third-year student of Electronics of Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra reportedly jumped from a ...

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KURUKSHETRA, May 25: Vijay Patel, a third-year student of Electronics of Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra reportedly jumped from a building of the college around noon on Saturday. Eye witnesses said the deceased, after putting his clothes and shoes in a lavatory of the building, jumped from the building `naked’ in front of everybody.

Hailing from Madhya Pradesh, the deceased was believed to be mentally disturbed due to prolonged illness, and under tremendous pressure due to examinations, disclosed L.R. Sharma, chief warden of the hostel. But when this correspondent talked to his classmates at Hostel no. 4 they had a different story to tell. Vijay Patel had gone to meet a girl of Third year (Civil) in her hostel in the morning but the girl refused to see him. The deceased could not tolerate this and took this drastic step, the student added.

Sub Inspector Faqir Chand said that a store-keeper of the Engineering College also saw him roaming around naked on the floor of the Electrical Branch building. When the storekeeper sent a chowkidar of the college to persuade the deceased, he jumped from the building in haste, revealed Faqir Chand. The body of the deceased has been kept in a room at student activity centre of the engineering college. The warden said that as the family of the deceased had not reached here and the police refused to keep the dead body, the college authorities decided to keep the body in the college itself.

Another student of the hostel said that the deceased was a brilliant student and took active part in seminars. Believed to be soft-spoken, Vijay Patel was depressed or the last few days, the hostel sources disclosed.When told correspondent tried to investigate further at the girls hostel, he was told that the girl was left for home.

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