An intermediate student has been found dead in the washroom of a Unique Group of Institutions (UGI) academy on Wahdat Road in Lahore.

The body was recovered by the police, following which protests by students erupted as the deceased’s family alleged murder.

As per reports, 22-year old Mohammad Naeem was found dead with his nose bleeding. Naeem had gone to the academy on Monday but not returned home. His family called him on his mobile phone, but when nobody answered, they visited the academy where the staff didn’t allow them to enter the premises, claiming that Naeem had already left.

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Khurram, a relative of the deceased has told the media that on failing to contact him, Naeem’s family once again went to the institute where his class fellows told them that his motorbike and bag were still there. However, the staff refused to let them enter the building.

The family then reported the matter to the police.

Police officials, along with the family, later went to the academy and after searching, found the boy‘s dead body in a washroom. The family insisted that Naeem was murdered, demanding registration of a case and arrest of his killer(s).

Refuting the family’s claims, media manager of UGI, Zunair Chaudhry, told The Current that the body was found in a toilet stall that was locked from the inside. “The family kept on going to the wrong campus where the guard also told them that it wasn’t the one their son attended.”

The body was recovered after eight to nine hours and initial post-mortem reports have declared that the cause of his death was a brain haemorrhage, he added.

Superintendent of Police Capt (r) Mohammad Ajmal has also rejected the family’s claims of Naeem being murdered, saying the washroom was locked from inside when the police found the dead body.

The SP said the blood from the nose of the deceased suggested that either he consumed drugs or was suffering from some serious disease that caused his death. He added that the doctors who examined the body were also, as of yet, not certain about the cause of death.

“The actual cause of death will be figured out in the light of the postmortem examination report that is still awaited.”

Meanwhile, students of the institution on Wednesday took to roads, seeking justice for their fellow.