Rajasthan: 2 days after suicide bid, 3rd year MBBS student succumbs to injuries

Kota: A third-year MBBS student died during treatment in a hospital, two days after she attempted suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan at her home in Jhalawar, police said on Wednesday.

The 24-year-old medical student attempted to commit suicide on Sunday. She died on Tuesday. No suicide note was recovered from her room.

The deceased student was identified as Nivedita, a resident of Haldighati road in Jhalawar city, who was in the third year of her MBBS course in Vardhman Medical College in Kolkata.

Nivedita was put on a ventilator in critical condition, however she died on Tuesday afternoon, he said.

Police lodged a case under Section 174 of CrPC (inquiry into unnatural deaths) for investigation, and handed over the body to family members after post-mortem, the SHO said.