Karnataka MD Paediatrics student suicide case: Police arrest Senior doctor
Doctor arrested
Kolar: Following the suicide case of a post-graduate MD paediatrics student of MVJ Medical College, the senior doctor who was accused of allegedly harassing the student has been arrested by the city police.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a post-graduate MD Paediatrics student allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a quarry pit filled with water near Kendatti, off Bengaluru-Chennai national highway, near Kolar. It is suspected that she took this extreme step after being harassed by a senior doctor at her college and also from depression.
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According to the police, the brother of the deceased alleged that his sister was harassed by a doctor at the college and she had informed him and their parents about the incident. Moreover, she was facing extreme work pressure at her college and the college authorities refused to give her rest in her shifts.
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