‘Student died of asphyxia due to hanging’

Lucknow: The post-mortem examination of the 19-year-old BA first-year student of Lucknow University, who was found dead in his hostel room, has confirmed that the cause of death was asphyxia due to ante-mortem hanging, police said on Monday.Viscera has been preserved to rule out possibility of poisoning or intoxication, while the student's mobile phone will also undergo forensic examination if required. ‘Ante-mortem hanging" indicates that the act of hanging occurred while the individual was alive, leading to death due to lack of oxygen. In such cases, typical findings in the post-mortem include a ligature mark on the neck consistent with hanging, absence of signs of struggle and internal indicators such as congestion and compression of neck structures.
ACP (Mahanagar) Ankit Kumar said that based on the post-mortem report now the case looks to be a suicide, but what led the student take such a step is being probed.Naveen Kumar, a Dalit student from Ballia district, was pursuing BA (NEP) and was residing at Subhash hostel. Naveen had returned to the hostel on Feb 26 after visiting his native village on Feb19. He was found hanging in his hostel room on Sunday.