Gharuan varsity student hangs self to death

Our Correspondent

Kharar, July 14

A fourth-year student of space engineering at Chandigarh University (CU), Gharuan, allegedly ended his life here on Friday. His kin has sought a detailed probe into the incident.

Karan Kaushal (20) allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling fan at his room in Darpan City here. His father Rajinder Kaushal, a resident of Solan district in HP who reached here on learning about his son’s death, demanded a thorough probe.

In his complaint to the Kharar City police, Rajinder stated that his son was living in a rented room, along with three other students. His son’s friends informed him that on July 12, a woman had come to their room and told (Karan) that he was not picking up her phone and was ignoring her.

Later, Karan left the room and returned the next morning. According to his friends, he refused to go to his class on Friday morning and the woman had come to the room when they left for their class.

His friends returned at about 4.30 pm and found Karan hanging.