A 22-year-old Indian-origin student in the UK, who committed suicide last year lay dead and undiscovered in his bedroom for days, an inquest has heard.
Vivek Ajit Shah, electronic engineering student at Manchester Metropolitan University, lived in a shared house near the university campus but despite not being seen for three days, flat-mates at the house had not realised he was lying dead on his bed, an inquest heard this week.
An alarm was raised only when he failed to arrive for a family gathering here in June last year and his relatives asked a friend to check on him at the Rusholme suburb of Manchester.
A post-mortem was unable to determine exactly how long he had been lying undiscovered. Manchester Coroners Court recorded a verdict of suicide this week, with the causes of death identified as asphyxiation and gas inhalation.
‘Everyone here at Manchester Metropolitan University would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Vivek. He was an excellent student with a promising future and he will be much missed at the University,’ a University spokesperson told PTI.
The inquest into his death heard that Shah had researched suicide methods and mental health problems online in the days before his death in June last year.
At the inquest hearing this week, it also emerged that Shah had suffered depression and anxiety both as a teenager and in the months up to his death, becoming withdrawn and failing to attend his final year exams.
Vivek Ajit Shah, electronic engineering student at Manchester Metropolitan University, lived in a shared house near the university campus but despite not being seen for three days, flat-mates at the house had not realised he was lying dead on his bed, an inquest heard this week.
An alarm was raised only when he failed to arrive for a family gathering here in June last year and his relatives asked a friend to check on him at the Rusholme suburb of Manchester.
A post-mortem was unable to determine exactly how long he had been lying undiscovered. Manchester Coroners Court recorded a verdict of suicide this week, with the causes of death identified as asphyxiation and gas inhalation.
‘Everyone here at Manchester Metropolitan University would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Vivek. He was an excellent student with a promising future and he will be much missed at the University,’ a University spokesperson told PTI.
The inquest into his death heard that Shah had researched suicide methods and mental health problems online in the days before his death in June last year.
At the inquest hearing this week, it also emerged that Shah had suffered depression and anxiety both as a teenager and in the months up to his death, becoming withdrawn and failing to attend his final year exams.