Overview
- Police found the body of Rafan Khurshid, a Class XI student, after residents heard a loud thud at the Jalvayu Apartment complex on Monday and he was declared dead at a nearby hospital.
- Officials say Rafan had gone to a female classmate’s flat and panicked when her mother returned, then moved toward the bathroom and the adjacent external/service duct before falling.
- Investigators recovered Rafan’s school bag hanging near pipes on the ninth floor and found his body inside the complex, findings that shaped a preliminary reconstruction of an accidental fall.
- An unnatural-death case has been registered, the body was sent for post-mortem at Capital Hospital, and police have seized CCTV and collected forensic evidence while questioning the girl’s family.
- Authorities stress the probe remains open and that final conclusions will follow formal autopsy and forensic review, a process that could also prompt scrutiny of building duct safety and teen privacy risks.