Body of 23-year-old student found in Lahore hostel

LAHORE: The body of a 23-year-old student was found in a hostel in Lahore’s Township neighbourhood on Tuesday morning, according to the police.

The deceased, who hailed from Bahawalnagar, was a student at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.

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On getting information, the police reached the hostel and shifted the body to a hospital for a post-mortem examination.

The police said it is unclear how the young man died. They ruled out suicide or overdose of drugs as reason for the death.

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Separately, another dead body was found hanging from an electric pole in the provincial capital’s Badami Bagh locality. The police said the death appeared to have caused by electrocution.