Chikkaballapur, 24 October

A 20-year-old boy studying Engineering at the Government Engineering Unit College reportedly died by suicide by hanging himself in a room at the Devaraj Urs Hostel for Backward Class Youth in Chintamani. 

The youth, Somashekar, from Raichur, was residing at the hostel. The incident came to light when one of the boys in the hostel notice Somashekar from the ceiling and alerted authorities.

Sources said that Somashekar called on of his relatives at around midnight and said that one of his friends who passed away a few months ago was calling him, and hence he was going to join him.

The relative tried contacting others in the hostel, but couldn’t reach anyone as it was late at night.

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