Gurugram student jumps to death from 18th floor

A Class XII student allegedly died by jumping off an 18th floor balcony at Shobha City Society in Sector 108 in the wee hours on Friday. The reason behind the suicide has not ascertained yet and no suicide note has been found. The police handed over the body to the kin after the postmortem.

According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Aryan Sehwag (18), resident of a 10th floor flat at the society. He was the only son of his family and his father is working with an IT company. He was a student of a Delhi Public School branch in Delhi.

The incident took place around 2.30 am today when the student went to the 18th floor by lift and jumped from the balcony. After getting the information, a police team reached the spot and took the critically-injured student to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead.

According to the police, Aryan and his mother were at home at the time of the incident. His father, Vikram, had gone to Rohtak for some work.

“Preliminary police investigations suggest it is a case of suicide. He was seen in the CCTV footage while going from the 10th to the 18th floor. We have taken the student’s mobile phone. CCTV footage is also being examined. The family said he might have taken the extreme step due to academic pressure or his old chronic spinal disease. A probe is underway,” ASI Balwinder Singh, the investigating officer, said.