26-year-old resident doctor dies after falling from 13th floor, suicide suspected
Kochi: A young doctor died after falling from the 13th floor of an apartment complex at Chittoor in Kerala on Saturday around 3 PM, in a suspected case of suicide.
The deceased doctor has been identified as a 26-year-old native of Pathanamthitta. As per sources, she was a resident doctor pursuing internal medical training in MRCP with a private hospital in the city, as per the Times of India. She was a PG-Registrar at ASTER MedCity. She completed her MBBS from Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur.
A case for unnatural death was registered by the Cheranellore police who are presently investigating the case, reports the Hindu. The police said, "We have collected CCTV footage from the apartment complex. It seems like she was alone when the incident happened. Our initial assessment is that she jumped to death even as the cause of death can be confirmed only by an autopsy." The police have also collected CCTV footage from the apartment complex.
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