New Delhi, May 18: In a tragic incident, a JNU student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in a study room on Friday. According to reports, the victim, identified as Rishi Joshua, was an MA second year student at the English centre of the university. As soon as the incident was reported, police was alerted around 11.30 am by the warden of Mahi Mandvi hostel, where Joshua resided. According to details by Police, the deceased, who was a resident of Kerala, e-mailed a purported suicide note to his English professor before ending his life. RBSE Board Exam 2019: Rajasthan Class 12 Student Commits Suicide After Missing 5 Questions in Physics Paper.

According to a report by PTI, Police informed that in the six-line e-mail, Joshua wrote to his professor, "From sometime, I wanted to experience the physical state of death. By the time you read the mail, I will not be in physical state. Take care of my parents."

After Police arrived in the varsity campus, they found that one room in the basement of the library building was locked from inside and there was no response on knocking the door. "Police reached at the varsity's School of Languages after contacting the caller, the in-charge of Mahi Mandvi hostel," said Devender Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South West. Police said that they could see a body hanging from a ceiling fan from the window. The door was forcibly opened and the body was taken down by cutting the cable," he said, adding a police team visited the spot and necessary investigation was conducted.

Police informed that the deceased was under depression and are probing if it was due to a relationship gone wrong or because of some other reason. Reports inform that some students also claimed that he was missing from the campus for the past few days, however, police denied it. Some of them also claimed that Joshua was an introvert.

The body has been taken to the Safdarjung Hospital, he said, adding the deceased student's relatives have been informed and his cousin Mathew Vargese has reached the university.  According to a PTI report, the DCP was quoted saying that the deceased was undergoing some treatment. As per preliminary enquiry, no foul play is suspected. Further investigation is in progress.

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