Overview
- The student was identified as 17-year-old Raunak Pathak of Saket Nagar, a Class 12 pupil at Brij Kishori Devi Memorial Inter College.
- He left home around 6:30 am before his physics pre-board; his motorcycle was located near the Juhi railway yard and his body was found by the tracks.
- Government Railway Police sent the body for post-mortem and are examining his mobile phone, with Hindustan Times reporting his laptop was seized for analysis.
- Police are interviewing friends and teachers, and an officer said early assessment suggests study pressure may be a factor, though no conclusion has been reached.
- Pathak had topped the district in the 2023 Class 10 exams with 97.4%, earning a full coaching fee waiver, and his family and school community expressed shock.