By PTI
CHANDIGARH: A first-year student of a private university in Punjab’s Phagwara committed suicide, triggering a protest by fellow students on the campus, police said on Wednesday.
The student, who was from Kerala and was studying B. Design at Lovely Professional University (LPU), took the extreme step on Tuesday, they said. Soon after, other students of the university held a protest on the campus.
Policemen have been deployed outside the university campus. Prima facie, the student was facing some personal issues, as was suggested by a suicide note left by him, a police official in Phagwara said.
Jalandhar, Punjab | Students gathered in large numbers last night inside the Lovely Professional University campus to protest over the suicide of a first-year studentThe initial probe has now unfurled the reasons, as mentioned in the suicide note, to be personal issues. https://t.co/Twjt5OqX4o pic.twitter.com/equATAIbPj
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2022
Police said the student’s parents have been informed and an investigation is underway. A Kapurthala district administration official appealed to students not to believe any rumours.
LPU said it is saddened by the unfortunate incident.
“The initial investigation by the police, and the content of the suicide note point towards personal issues of the deceased. The university is providing full support to the authorities for further investigation. The University mourns the loss of the student and expresses its condolences to the bereaved family,” LPU said in a statement posted on its Twitter handle.
CHANDIGARH: A first-year student of a private university in Punjab’s Phagwara committed suicide, triggering a protest by fellow students on the campus, police said on Wednesday.
The student, who was from Kerala and was studying B. Design at Lovely Professional University (LPU), took the extreme step on Tuesday, they said. Soon after, other students of the university held a protest on the campus.
Policemen have been deployed outside the university campus. Prima facie, the student was facing some personal issues, as was suggested by a suicide note left by him, a police official in Phagwara said.
Jalandhar, Punjab | Students gathered in large numbers last night inside the Lovely Professional University campus to protest over the suicide of a first-year student
The initial probe has now unfurled the reasons, as mentioned in the suicide note, to be personal issues. https://t.co/Twjt5OqX4o pic.twitter.com/equATAIbPj
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2022
Police said the student’s parents have been informed and an investigation is underway. A Kapurthala district administration official appealed to students not to believe any rumours.
LPU said it is saddened by the unfortunate incident.
“The initial investigation by the police, and the content of the suicide note point towards personal issues of the deceased. The university is providing full support to the authorities for further investigation. The University mourns the loss of the student and expresses its condolences to the bereaved family,” LPU said in a statement posted on its Twitter handle.
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