POLICE have cordoned off the area outside a student accommodation on Pelham St in Carlton where a dead body has been found. Karen Poh reports.
Police outside the Pelham St student accommodation where a dead body was found. Photo: Leon Saw
A dead body has been found outside Micasa8, a student accommodation on Pelham St in Carlton earlier this afternoon.
A passerby, Julian Tay, said he was in a friend’s car turning into Pelham St as police were cordoning off the area.
“I saw cops blocking off the area in front of Chai and talking to witnesses. Saw the coverings on the floor, and realised someone had died,” Mr Tay said.
“That was about 2.20pm,” he said.
Speaking to police at the scene, Heath Armstrong on Twitter said the suspected cause of death was a “fall from a balcony”.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said police were treating the incident as a non-suspicious death and no further details would be released.
News Update: Indian student identified in Pelham St death.
Any photograph of the victim
You can find this on twitter @anubhavg24
The fall happened around 1:28 pm unfortunately. I was hoping the guy made it because I couldn’t stay back for long, but thanks for the closure :/
[…] reader, Ben, who left a comment on Meld’s websiteafter the news first broke, said he was there when the incident […]
yes i was there too after finishing lunch from norsiah cafe. his body was covered but i saw his leg split open and bone sticking out. now i know its an Indian student. i thought a local aussie who must a been drunk and on drugs.