Bengaluru, Oct. 19 -- A 20-year-old student from Dakshina Kannada district was found dead in a lodge room in Bengaluru under unexplained circumstances late Friday, sparking a police investigation into the events leading up to his death.

The deceased, identified as P. Thakshith from Puttur, had checked into a budget lodge in Maruthi Nagar, South Bengaluru, on October 9, said a report by the Deccan Herald. He was accompanied by a female friend from Virajpet in Kodagu, and the two stayed together for over a week.

According to the lodge staff, the woman checked out alone on the evening of October 17. A few hours later, when staff went to inspect the room, they found Thakshith lying motionless under a blanket, as if he were asleep. He was de...