Police in Pune investigate two separate deaths involving teenage students. In one case, a 17-year-old Class 12 student, Riddhi Ravi Kedia, dies after allegedly falling from the fifth floor of her residential building in the Dhankawadi area. Police say she had dinner with her family on Wednesday night, went to sleep beside her grandmother, and was missing when her grandmother woke up at around 5.30 a.m. Family members search the house and checked the balcony, where a stool near the railing is found. She is later located unconscious in the vicinity of the building. She is declared dead at a hospital. Officers register an Accidental Death case, conduct a spot panchnama, seize her mobile phone and study materials, and continue efforts to determine the circumstances and cause after a post-mortem.
In the second case, an 18-year-old NEET aspirant dies by alleged suicide at her home under Kalepadal Police Station. Police report she is found hanging from a ceiling fan around 10 a.m. Family members inform authorities, and police begin an investigation. Preliminary inquiries indicate she was preparing for NEET. Police say no suicide note is recovered and an Accidental Death Report is registered as inquiries continue.
