LPU student found dead

Our Correspondent

Phagwara, December 2

A student, S Kartik, hailing from Andhra Pradesh and studying in the BTech final in Lovely Professional University (LPU) Phagwara, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the washroom of his PG room near the varsity today.

The police said S Kartik had attended a birthday party of his friend Adesh near the PG till late night and had gone to sleep in his room. His roommate Som Nath, also an LPU student, found Kartik dead in the washroom this morning. The police have informed the family of the deceased about the incident and kept the body in the mortuary after conducting post-mortem examination in the Civil Hospital. The police are investigating the matter.

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