Panchkula, April 21
A 19-year-old first year engineering student allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the terrace of a seven-floor building in his housing society in Sector 20 early this morning.
The victim has been identified as Suryansh Pathak, a resident of GHS-79, Sector 20.
Sources said Suryansh took the extreme step suspecting that he had contracted the coronavirus infection. However, the police said the reason of the suicide was yet to be ascertained.
No suicide note has been recovered, the police added.
Suryansh's parents had earlier tested positive for Covid-19 and are in home quarantine. A postmortem was carried out on the body at the Civil Hospital here and the body has been handed over to the family, the police said.
The postmortem revealed that Suryansh also had contracted the infection.
Inspector Dalip Kumar, SHO, Sector 20 police station, said a probe into the matter was on and it was too early to say that the boy ended his life due to Covid scare. — TNS
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