BENGALURU: A 16-year-old class 11 student allegedly jumped to death from the terrace of his apartment in HSR Layout on the night of March 20.Saket Reddy, a student of an international school located on Whitefield-Sarjapur Main Road, took the extreme step around 9.45pm.“Saket went to the terrace which is on the 12th floor of the building and leapt to his death,” police said. A security guard who heard a loud noise near the gymnasium rushed to the spot and found Saket lying dead on the ground, they added.Police said they haven’t recovered any suicide note from the place of the incident. “According to family members, Saket was alone at home. His father Suresh Reddy, a businessman, had flown to Hyderabad, while his mother and younger brother had gone to a relative’s house,” police said.“The family told us that Saket had not gone to school on that day. For some reason, he was disturbed and chose to remain indoors. Other residents from the apartment told us that he was an active boy and spent many hours at the gym,” police said.Based on a statement given by the boy’s father, police have registered a case of unnatural death.

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