Anurag Jaiswal, the TISS student found dead in his home
Mumbai:
A student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai has been found dead in his apartment, police said.
The student, Anurag Jaiswal, who hails from Lucknow, was found dead in his rented apartment in the city on Saturday morning.
Sources told NDTV that the student, enrolled in the Human Resource programme, had gone to a party in Vashi with his friends on Friday night. The party was attended by 150 students.
According to sources told NDTV, the student drank a lot of alcohol at the party.
After questioning the housemates, the officers ruled out bullying, adding that the student was unwell after returning home.
When he did not wake up the next morning, his three housemates rushed him to a hospital in Chembur, where he was declared brought dead, police said.
The family of the student in Lucknow has been informed.
The family has asked police to carry out the autopsy only after they arrive in the city.
An accidental death has been reported and an investigation is underway.