Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
A 19-year-old engineering student from Kerala was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the washroom of the hostel in the college campus in Anekal on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Nitin Narayana,native of Kozhikode in Kerala and got admitted to Engineering course at a private college in Anekal few days ago.
Since it was a first day of the college,he asked his room mate to join him later and stayed back in the hostel room.
The incident came to light when his room mate returned from the class and found the bathroom was locked from inside and there was no response even after repeated knock he informed the warden.
The warden and others rushed to the spot and peeped from the ventilator to see him lying in a pool of blood.They broke open the door and found Nitin dead with throat slit and informed the police.
The Anekal police rushed to the spot and shifted the body and recovered a knife from the scene of crime and informed his family.
His father works in Dubai while the other members of the family lives in a village close to Kozhikode in Kerala.
Probe revealed that Nitin was home sick and depressed as this was the first time he was away from home.
The Anekal police are awaiting post-mortem report to rule out any foul play and for the further investigation.
