2 weeks ago
Police suspect suicide after teenage student's hostel fall in Ahmedabad
A 16-year-old student named Tushar Patel went to school to learn about machines and engines.
He studied at a technical institute in the city of Ahmedabad in India.
One day, Tushar fell from the very top of the building where he stayed.
The building was very tall, and he fell from the 12th floor.
Sadly, Tushar did not survive the fall.
The police came to investigate what happened.
They think Tushar may have jumped on purpose, which is called suicide.
But the police could not find any clear reason why he would do that.
Tushar had come back to school just one day before, after visiting his family in his village.
Everyone is very sad, and the police are still looking into the case.
Tushar Patel, 16, a third-semester mechanical engineering diploma student at RC Technical Institute, allegedly fell to his death from a hostel building in Sola, Ahmedabad.
Police primarily believe it to be a case of suicide but have not found any concrete reasons for it.
The fall occurred from the 12th storey foyer of the building at about 3 pm on Thursday.
Patel stayed at the community boys' hostel at the newly inaugurated Umiyadham campus and had returned from his village a day earlier.
His father, Daulatbhai Patel, had dropped him at the institute from their village in Detroj taluka, about 55 km away.
- Who
- Tushar Patel, a 16-year-old mechanical engineering diploma student at RC Technical Institute
- What
- Allegedly fell to his death from the 12th storey foyer of a hostel building; police suspect suicide
- Where
- Community boys' hostel at the Umiyadham campus in Sola, Ahmedabad
- When
- Thursday at about 3 pm
- Why
- Police primarily believe it to be a case of suicide, though no concrete reason has been found
Key facts
- Victim
- Tushar Patel
- Age
- 16
- Course
- Third-semester diploma in mechanical engineering
- Institute
- RC Technical Institute, Sola
- Fall details
- 12th storey foyer, about 3 pm on Thursday
- Police assessment
- Primarily a case of suicide; no concrete reasons found
- Residence
- Community boys' hostel, Umiyadham campus
- Home village
- Detroj taluka, Ahmedabad district (about 55 km away)











