BTech student hangs self over failed love affair

LUCKNOW: An engineering student, who had been missing since the last two days, was found hanging from a tree, under the jurisdiction of Bakshi ka Talab police station, on Monday.
Police said that the student might have ended his life due to a setback in his love life. As per police reports, the deceased, identified as Sanjeev Kumar Bharti, was a native of Sitapur and was a student of BTech (third year) in a private college.Bharti's father is a farmer in Sitapur.
The incident came to light at around 10am when passersby spotted a body hanging from a tree in Bhaisamau locality near the railway tracks and informed the police.
After reaching the spot, police recovered the deceased's Aadhaar card from his pocket and ascertained his identity, following which his family was informed. "The body did not bear any injury marks and no suicide note was recovered from the site," said police spokesperson Arun Kumar Singh.
Postmortem reports said that the cause of death was hanging. Local residents said that Bharti might have ended his life over a love interest.
"He used to live in a rented room near his college along with two other students. His roomates said that he was depressed after a girl he loved was getting married to someone else," said sub-inspector of BKT police station Sanoj Patel.
SP (rural) Gaurav Grover, said, "Initial reports indicate that he might have ended his life because of his failed love life but we will reach a confirmed conclusion only after the investigation in the case is completed," said Grover.