Unfortunate: Maulana Azad Medical College MBBS Student Kills Self in Hostel Room

Police, upon inquiry, found out that the 19-year-old was suffering from depression since she had failed in two exams, whose results were declared on December 29.

The MBBS student was found hanging in room number of the old girls' hostel which was "unoccupied", police in Delhi informed PTI.

"The room was bolted from inside and was forced open by the staff of the hostel. A note for her family was found in the register of the deceased," a police official said.

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"We also found a note in a register that she had left for her family. During our investigation, her room partners said that the 19-year-old was depressed after learning on Wednesday that she failed in two papers. The tests were held recently," Deputy commissioner of police(Central) Shweta Chauhan told Hindustan Times.

The student was residing in room number 62 on the second floor of the hostel, police said. Authorities at the college or the hospitals attached to it could not be immediately reached.

The mobile of the woman has been seized for forensic examination and her body was handed over to her father after post mortem, police said.

Proceedings under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code are under progress, they said.

MAMC comes under the Delhi government and is currently in news for a protest being held its resident doctors along with others for the past several days.

The protest, held under the banner of the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), is being waged to demand the expediting of the NEET PG counselling process.