KOZHIKODE: A college student hailing from
Vellayil in the city died at a lodge room at Govindapuram in the city on Sunday morning. The city police identified the dead as
Shahil Shajahan, an undergraduate student of
Malabar Christian College.
The incident came to light as his friends took the youth to a nearby private hospital on Sunday morning. The doctors at the hospital declared him brought dead.
According to police, the youth along with four of his friends rented the lodge room on Saturday evening. The police suspect drug overdose as the cause of death of the 22-year-old. The police took the friends of the youth into custody and collected their statement.
A city based journalist was manhandled by the unidentified gang when he reached the spot to cover the incident. The injured journo T D Dileep was later admitted to Kozhikode Beach General Hospital.