Found dead in West Bengal college hostel, Budgam youth’s body reaches home

BUDGAM — The body of the Budgam youth who was found dead at a college hostel in West Bengal last week reached his native village in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday afternoon.

Locals told the news agency KNO that on June 2, the family members received a call from college authorities that their son Muhammad Umar Ganai, who was studying engineering at the Budge Budge Institute of Technology Kolkata, was found dead at the college hostel.

However, two days later, on Sunday afternoon, the body of the deceased reached his native village of Debipora Yarikhah in Khansahab tehsil of Budgam where thousands of people were seen wailing over his death.

An official said that they have started an investigation to ascertain the cause of the death.