MUMBAI: A 29-year-old first-year HR management student of TISS was on Sunday found dead in the rented apartment he shared with three friends in Chembur, reports Ahmed Ali. Police suspect Anurag Jaiswal died of alcohol poisoning following a party the night before, which was attended by 125 students from the institute.
Police initially suspected that ragging at the party contributed to his death, but ruled it out based on statements of students and the hotel staff. They filed an accidental death report and sent the body for a post-mortem examination.
Sources said Jaiswal consumed a significant quantities of alcohol. Hotel staffers told police he drank to the point where the bartender was forced to cut him off. They said after staff refused to serve him drinks, Jaiswal began grabbing friends' glasses and drinking from them.
Jaiswal's flatmates told police they returned to the flat around 3am and went to sleep. They claimed they found him unresponsive when they woke up and rushed him to a hospital where he was declared dead.
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