Overview

• Verna police registered a case of unnatural death after the 20-year-old student was found unresponsive in his locked hostel room and ordered a postmortem
• Officers recorded statements from classmates who said he played table tennis the night before and noted empty energy-drink bottles in the room
• Police described the situation as prima facie natural death but said the final determination will depend on forensic and toxicology reports
• BITS Pilani issued a condolence statement, affirmed its full cooperation with investigators and expressed shock over the loss
• This is the fourth student death at the Goa campus in nine months, reviving scrutiny of the institute’s mental-health measures