Kolkata student jumps to death

KOLKATA - A Class 12 student of Delhi Public School in Rubi Park Tuesday committed suicide by jumping from a foot over-bridge, police said.

“We were informed that a boy had committed suicide near shopping mall - Mani Square - and rushed to the spot. The body was recovered and later identified as of Swasthik Banerjee,” said a senior officer of Phool Bagan police station.

“Eyewitnesses told us that the boy jumped off from the foot over-bridge that connects the shopping mall with five-storeyed parking plaza around 3 p.m.,” the officer told IANS.

Banerjee, 18, was resident of Lake Garden area in South Kolkata and he left his house around 10 a.m. without informing his parents, police said.

There was no word on the reason for Banejee committing suicide.