Mumbai: Students jumps off 19th floor of Taj Lands End after going Live on Facebook

Mumbai: A 24-year-old youth committed suicide by jumping out of the window of a five-star hotel in Bandra (West) on Monday evening.

The incident took place at Taj Lands End Hotel at around 6.30 pm.

Just before doing so, Arjun Bharadwaj shot a video and uploaded it on a social networking site.

In the Facebook Live video, he is heard saying it is a “tutorial about how to (commit) suicide”.

He can also be seen consuming alcohol and smoking cigarettes in the one minute and 43 seconds long video.

As per police, Bhardwaj left nine short suicide notes on the table in room number 1925.

The third year B.Com student of Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in Vile Parle (West) had checked into the hotel at 3.00 am on Monday.

A security official at the hotel said that the youth broke the window glass using a chair.

"Bharadwaj checked in into the hotel around 3 am. He stayed in the room all day. The video shows that he had cigarette, alcohol, and food before committing suicide," said a police officer of the Bandra police station.

“After he broke the glass, he jumped through the window. He left a suicide note saying he was ‘badly depressed’, addicted to drugs and hence took the step,” said Nivrutti Thakare, the senior inspector at the Bandra police station.

"He wrote that no one should be held responsible for his decision. He also said sorry to his parents in the note," said a police officer.

As soon as the incident came to light, Bharadwaj was rushed to Leelavati Hospital but was declared brought dead.

 

It was later found out that he had been staying as a paying guest in Andheri (West) for the last four years.

"It seems he was under depression because he repeatedly failed in his third year engineering exams," said police.

Bhardwaj hailed from Bengaluru.

An accidental death report has been registered in the case.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police urged youngsters to reach out to them. “Deeply bereaved with suicide of a young boy in the city. We urge the youngsters to reach out to us #WeAreListening,” tweeted Mumbai Police.