Medical Student in Chennai Allegedly commits suicide, investigation underway

Chennai- In an unfortunate incident, a medical student in Chennai allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room near Porur in Chennai.

The medico has been identified as Rishikesh, a resident of Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district. He was a medical student studying in a private medical college in Chennai. It is believed that he took the drastic step after feeling dejected over his relationship issues.

After the incident took place, the police were informed and a preliminary investigation was conducted. The preliminary police investigation revealed that the student was depressed due to 'love failure'. His body has been recovered and sent to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for post-mortem, reports DTNext.

Currently, the police filed a case under the relevant section of IPC. Further investigation in this regard is underway.

A few days back 23-year-old student, also a trainee doctor of Meenakshi Medical College in Kanchipuram allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of her hostel building.

Medical Dialogues team had previously also reported about a 2nd-year MBBS student of Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) who allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a lodge near Thideer Nagar in Madurai. The 20-year-old student was struggling with stress regarding his studies and left the house on July 8. His family after being unable to find him filed a missing complaint at the police station.

His death came to light when a room boy knocked on the door of the student's room but he did not answer. After receiving no response from him, the boy called the police who broke open the door and found the student hanging from the ceiling.