BITS Pilani Goa student found dead in hostel room; cops launch probe

VASCO: A 20-year-old student of the BITS Pilani campus in Goa has been found dead in his hostel room, police said on Sunday. According to police, the report of the post-mortem conducted at the district hospital in Margao has remained inconclusive and the viscera were sent for toxicological tests to ascertain the exact cause of his death.The police surgeon has kept his opinion on the cause of death pending in the case of the 20-year-old student of BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa campus who was found dead in his hostel room.The victim was a third year student of economics and computer science.The body was sent for an autopsy to the South district hospital after Verna police registered the case of unnatural death under Section 194 of BNNS.The police surgeon certified the cause of death as “Opinion as to the cause of death is kept pending the reports of chemical analysis of viscera, histopathological examination of tissues, and toxicology analysis of blood”.The student’s body was handed over to his family for the final rites.The body was spotted lying onto the bed in his hostel block at 11am on Saturday. Over the last nine months, three other student deaths have been reported at BITS Pilani Goa campus, which were registered as suicide.