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26-year-old IIT, IIM alumnus found dead in his Gurugram apartment

26-year-old IIT, IIM alumnus found dead in his Gurugram apartment

Aug 29, 2018
07:36 pm

What's the story

On Tuesday, a 26-year-old IIT and IIM alumnus was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his rented apartment in Gurugram's DLF Phase 5. The deceased, Mehul Priyadarshi, hailed from Ranchi in Jharkhand, and had been working as a business strategist for a global consulting firm in Cyber City since June this year. Prima facie, police suspect that it was suicide. Here's more.

Priyadarshi

What's known about Mehul Priyadarshi

An engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Priyadarshi had completed his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow. He lived on a sixth floor apartment at the Princeton Estate in Gurugram's DLF Phase 5. Notably, Priyadarshi lived with two other flat mates, who were his batch mates from IIM-Lucknow.

Incident

Priyadarshi's flat mates were away for Raksha Bandhan celebrations

According to the police, Priyadarshi's flat mates had been away for Raksha Bandhan celebrations and returned on Monday evening to find the door to his room being locked. After he didn't respond to their requests to open the door even on Tuesday morning, the duo alerted security guards who broke open the door to find the 26-year-old hanging.

Investigation

No suicide note was found, investigations are underway

Owing to the situation explained earlier, Priyadarshi's time of death could not be ascertained. His body has been sent for post-mortem examination. Although police believe that he committed suicide, they found no suicide note. Police are currently talking to his flat mates, and have seized his locked phone and laptop in hopes of finding more clues. Priyadarshi's family has also been informed.