A 24-year-old student committed suicide after jumping from the 19th floor of Taj Lands Hotel in Bandra in a tragic incident. NewsMobile is holding footage and advises parents to sensitise their kids not to watch such clips on social media.
According to media reports, the young student, Arjun Bhardwaj – a native of Bangalore – ended his life after going live via social media website Facebook on Monday evening. He was a third-year BCom student from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics.
According to Police, Bhardwaj had checked into the Taj Lands hotel in Bandra at 3.30 am. Nobody was aware of what was going inside the room, as Bhardwaj frequently ordered food and by the time people heard him breaking the window of his room with a chair, it was too late.
The depressed individual also left a suicide note, in which he stated that he was addicted to drugs and severely depressed, adding that he wanted to end his life.
“I’m a drug addict…I don’t want to live anymore and hence committing suicide,”
the official said, quoting the suicide note written by him.
The suicide note was found in the hotel room. The hotel’s security personnel said they heard a loud thud on the hotel premises and soon rushed to the spot where they found Bhardwaj lying in a pool of blood.
He was taken to nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
While the Facebook Live video is not there on his profile now, the subject of the recording was a tutorial on how to commit suicide. The Mumbai Police also requested the media to not run the disturbing video.
Later in a tweet, the Mumbai Police urged youngsters to reach out to them.
Bhardwaj had submitted proper documents before checking in, which helped the officials identify him. The body has been sent for post-mortem.