IIT-JEE aspirant jumps to death in UP

A 17-year-old IIT-JEE aspirant died after jumping off the eighth floor of a high-rise building in Lucknow on Saturday, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Aditya, a resident of Jankipuram, in Lucknow.

“At around 7.30 am, the security guard of commerce house informed the police that a youth had jumped off the building. The officials immediately reached the spot and shifted the youth to the Civil Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead,” police said in a statement.

CCTV footage of the building were being scanned, the statement said, adding that the body had been sent for a post-mortem examination.

As per preliminary information, the youth climbed up to the eighth floor of commerce house using the stairs meant for emergency service, and jumped off from there. “The family members of the deceased have been contacted using the victim’s cellphone found in a bag that he had left behind,” the statement said.