Mysore/Mysuru: Mystery shrouds death of a student, who was found with a plastic cover wrapped around his head in a room of a college hostel in city.

The deceased has been identified as Akshaj, a native of Hyderabad, who was studying at a college in Manasagangothri.

It is learnt that the student had taken part in the Talent’s Day at the College and was good in writing poems.

Jayalakshmipuram Police, who have registered a case, said that the student was suffering from depression and committed suicide by suffocating himself to death by wrapping his head with a plastic cover.