Mangaluru: A class X student was found hanging to the railings of a window at his house in Alike village on Tuesday morning. The deceased is Sandeep Anishith D’Souza, 15.

The police said that the deceased was studying in a Kannada medium school. On Monday, the family had dinner and went to sleep at 10.30pm. When Sandeep did not wake up even at 7am, his family panicked, and tried to open the door of his room, that was locked. On opening the door, they found him hanging to the railings of the window, by using a lungi.

The exact cause for the death is yet to be ascertained. Preliminary investigation revealed that he was not regular to school, and was also addicted to his mobile phone. The Vittal police have registered a case and an investigation is on.