Ranchi senior superintendent of police (SP), Chandan Kumar Sinha, said police are investigating both suicide and murder angles, although a first information report (FIR) into the incident is yet to be registered
“The postgraduate student was residing in room number 79 on the top floor of a three-story hostel No.5, with a capacity to accommodate 150 students. Following the recovery of the body, a dog squad and an FSL team were called in to conduct a thorough investigation. We have collected the student’s mobile phone and sealed his room,” said an official from the Bariatu police station.