Engineering faculty student dies of drug overdose!

A final year undergraduate of the Peradeniya University’s Engineering Faculty has died from a suspected drug overdose, the university administration said.

Fellow students had seen that the victim was suffering from some illness at the Malalasekara Dormitory where she was staying last night (28) and was admitted to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital where she passed away this morning.

Peradeniya University administration said the student Vinodi De Silva, a resident of Kurunegala, has been receiving treatment for depression.