The cause of death of an engineering student whose body was found under suspicious circumstances turned out to be suicide.
According to the police, the partially burnt body of J. Jeevan of Vijayawada was found near Pedda Pulipaka under the Penamaluru police limits on Wednesday morning. The police initially suspected it to be a case of murder and an FIR has been registered under the charges of murder and destroying evidence.
Based on the investigation and post-mortem report, the police found that the youth set himself ablaze after attending his friend’s birthday party in the early hours of Wednesday.
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