A 20-year-old man was found dead at his flat in Narayanguda on Saturday. The body of Bikas Shashmal was discovered by his roommates late in the night on Saturday after they returned from work.According to a complaint filed by one of the roommates, Tarun Kumar, Bikas had stayed back at home on his day off while the others went to work. “When they returned around 11:30 p.m., they found the door locked from the inside. After receiving no response, they looked through a window and saw Bikas unresponsive,” said an officer from the Narayanguda police, adding that a team was alerted and they forced the door open.Preliminary examination revealed injuries on Bikas’s left forearm. Investigators later found that Bikas had uploaded a WhatsApp status in Odiya citing love failure. Police have registered a case and shifted the body for an autopsy at Gandhi Hospital.(Roshini suicide prevention helpline number are: 8142020033/44 and 040 66202000/2001.)Published - June 15, 2025 09:53 pm IST