After Indian student's death in UK, university warns students against weight-loss pills
Reported by Rahul Joglekar, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Updated: February 24, 2013 17:47 IST
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Photo credit: from the Facebook page of Sarmad Alladin
London: The death of 18-year-old student from Hyderabad has led to university authorities warning students against taking unprescribed drugs as they could prove "lethal". Reports say that Sarmad Alladin died after apparently taking bodybuilding pills.
Alladin was living in university accommodation in Surrey, while attending the University of Creative Arts. He was taken to the hospital in the early hours of the morning on February 13 and was declared dead. Newspaper reports say that Sarmad Alladin died after taking bodybuilding pills.
His father arrived in the UK on Friday, his mother had reached earlier. As they and his friends deal with the tragedy, a very personal loss, tributes have been pouring in on the social networking site Facebook.
Alladin, was the son of a Hyderabad-based millionaire, it has been reported. His last post on Facebook before he died was about the banned pills Dinitrophenol (DNP). He had earlier posted pictures that showed him flexing his muscles.
"Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained," a statement from the police said.
A friend of the family told NDTV that the parents were still very shocked and shaken. They are now awaiting the post-mortem report.
For Manjit Thandi, a school teacher who taught the boy a few years ago this was devastating news. Ms Thandi taught Sarmad when he first arrived in the UK and has fond memories of the time he was in her class.
Alladin was living in university accommodation in Surrey, while attending the University of Creative Arts. He was taken to the hospital in the early hours of the morning on February 13 and was declared dead. Newspaper reports say that Sarmad Alladin died after taking bodybuilding pills.
His father arrived in the UK on Friday, his mother had reached earlier. As they and his friends deal with the tragedy, a very personal loss, tributes have been pouring in on the social networking site Facebook.
"Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained," a statement from the police said.
A friend of the family told NDTV that the parents were still very shocked and shaken. They are now awaiting the post-mortem report.
For Manjit Thandi, a school teacher who taught the boy a few years ago this was devastating news. Ms Thandi taught Sarmad when he first arrived in the UK and has fond memories of the time he was in her class.
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