<p>An 18-year-old Indian student has died in the UK after apparently taking 'lethal' bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sarmad Alladin, son of a millionaire from Hyderabad, was taken to hospital hours after taking tablet which contained the drug DNP, which has been linked to several deaths.<br /><br />According to a report in the Sun, "the student known as 'Mr Muscles' has died after apparently taking 'lethal' bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight."<br /><br />Fitness fanatic Alladin was taken to hospital just hours after praising thefat-burning tablets called DNP on Facebook.<br /><br />He had posted snaps of his new muscles online. He was living in university accommodation in Epsom, Surrey, while attending the specialist art and design university in nearby Farnham University<br />.<br />A friend told The Sun: "He wasn't the type to put something like that into his body, so clearly they're misleading. I've cried so much since he died."<br /><br />The "devastated" university he attended warned all its students: "The drugs are potentially lethal."<br /><br />Officials told of suspicions the pills — full name dinitrophenol and linked to 60 deaths — were "circulating on campus". In an alert to students, they asked the students to "stop using them immediately."<br /><br />Last night Alladin's family flew to UK from Hyderabad.<br /><br />The drug DNP is sold mostly over the internet under a number of different names but contains 2, 4-Dinitrophenol.<br /><br />At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained but there is nothing to suggest any third party involvement.<br /><br />Officers are liaising with Coroner's Office and a post mortem will be held in due course.</p>
<p>An 18-year-old Indian student has died in the UK after apparently taking 'lethal' bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sarmad Alladin, son of a millionaire from Hyderabad, was taken to hospital hours after taking tablet which contained the drug DNP, which has been linked to several deaths.<br /><br />According to a report in the Sun, "the student known as 'Mr Muscles' has died after apparently taking 'lethal' bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight."<br /><br />Fitness fanatic Alladin was taken to hospital just hours after praising thefat-burning tablets called DNP on Facebook.<br /><br />He had posted snaps of his new muscles online. He was living in university accommodation in Epsom, Surrey, while attending the specialist art and design university in nearby Farnham University<br />.<br />A friend told The Sun: "He wasn't the type to put something like that into his body, so clearly they're misleading. I've cried so much since he died."<br /><br />The "devastated" university he attended warned all its students: "The drugs are potentially lethal."<br /><br />Officials told of suspicions the pills — full name dinitrophenol and linked to 60 deaths — were "circulating on campus". In an alert to students, they asked the students to "stop using them immediately."<br /><br />Last night Alladin's family flew to UK from Hyderabad.<br /><br />The drug DNP is sold mostly over the internet under a number of different names but contains 2, 4-Dinitrophenol.<br /><br />At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained but there is nothing to suggest any third party involvement.<br /><br />Officers are liaising with Coroner's Office and a post mortem will be held in due course.</p>