A 24-year old student of engineering, identified as Varun Preet, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in room number 340 of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Hostel at Punjabi University in Patiala on Thursday.Confirming this, Jangjit Singh Randhawa DSP City-2 said the deceased youth has been identified as Varun Preet Singh, a resident of Ping Kang village of Tarn Taran district.He said the local police of urban estate police station had taken the body into custody and sent it to the government hospital for post-mortem examination, which would be conducted on Friday.He said no injury marks were found on the body. Neither any suspected material was found on the spot. “If the cause of death is not determined in the post-mortem examination then we will request the doctors to collect viscera samples from the body for chemical examination so as to ascertain the exact cause of death”, the DSP said.The incident came to light when another hosteller went to the room to retrieve some of his personal belongings.When the hosteller entered the room, he found that Varun was not breathing and was unresponsive. He informed about it to the university authorities.The university security staff and a medical team were immediately called on the spot. However, the university doctors declared him dead on the spot. The university authorities informed about the incident to the local police and deceased youth’s family members.