Madurai teen falls to death from service apartment

The deceased, I Shah Rukh Khan of Melur in Madurai, a third-year diploma student, had come to Chennai along with 102 other batchmates to participate in the golden jubilee celebration of Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) in Guindy on Tuesday. They had been made to stay in the Rajalakshmi Serviced Apartment at Crescent Park in T Nagar. Shah Rukh Khan shared the room on the fourth floor with his three friends – Sukesh, Krishnakumar and Jamal.

Police said the apartment in-charge Sathish noticed Shah Rukh Khan lying in a pool of blood on the ground around 4.30 am on Wednesday and alerted them. During interrogation, his friends told the police that Shah Rukh Khan kept checking his phone till late night and they went to sleep. Police are investigating if he fell accidentally or committed suicide. His body was sent for autopsy.