Overview

• Students discovered Ashish Bhagora’s body on the morning of June 14 after they called for him and then entered his library room upon receiving no response.
• Police say he hanged himself from the ceiling the previous night and that the body later fell to the ground.
• The body has been moved to the government hospital mortuary where authorities are awaiting postmortem findings to clarify the circumstances of his death.
• Ashish had been operating a public library in the Amba Mata area and living on site while pursuing academic and social work initiatives.
• Local BJP leaders expressed shock and sorrow over the incident and recalled that his father, former MP Mahaveer Bhagora, died of COVID-19 in 2021.