LAHORE: Student found dead in his hostel room at a private university in Lahore on Tuesday had overdosed on drugs, the autopsy report revealed on Wednesday.
The body of the student, Shameer Asif, was handed over to his family members after the post-mortem.
According to the police, the family members have left for Karachi with the body.
The police further revealed that Asif’s room was searched and some of his personal belongings and cigarettes were sent to lab for examination.
It is pertinent to mention that Asif, a fifth semester student studying finance and accounting was found ‘unresponsive’ lying on his bed in his hostel room on December 12. He was immediately shifted to National Defence Hospital, where the doctors said that he had expired earlier during the day.
