Shock and grief have gripped Ramgarh Engineering College in Murubanda village in Rajrappa police station area following the recovery of a girl student’s body.

The police found the body of a 19-year-old engineering student hanging in her room in a private lodge in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Monday.

The deceased, identified as Mehar Khan, was a student of Ramgarh Engineering College in Murubanda village in Rajrappa area. She was living in a private lodge outside the campus along with a roommate, according to the police.

The computer science student of the minority Muslim community was alone in her room as her roommate had gone to visit her home in Dhanbad, Rajrappa police station officer-in-charge Krishna Kumar said.

The body of Khan, who hailed from Jamshedpur, was recovered from the room by the police.

The PTI report said,”Prima facie, it seems to be a case of suicide and further investigation is underway to ascertain the cause”.