Rajasthan Radiologist Commits Suicide by anaesthesia overdose

Bharatpur: A Radiologist from Rajasthan committed suicide in his hotel room at Agra after connecting with his wife on a video-call. He reportedly told his wife on-call that he was "a guest for just two minutes".

After this, he took his life by injecting himself with anaesthesia and died due to overdose. His body has been taken into custody by police and sent for post-mortem, News 18 has reported.

The deceased was working as a radiologist at SR Hospital in Bharatpur. On Tuesday, he was staying at Hotel Gangaratna at Fatehabad Road in the Thana Tajganj area of Agra.

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According to the latest media report by ETV Bharat, the doctor checked into a room in the hostel at 4 pm on Tuesday and at 6.30 pm, he called up his wife and said that "I am a guest for just two minutes" and disconnected the call.

Even though his wife and other family members started searching for her, he was not reachable over the phone. Therefore, using the mobile location details of the doctor, he was traced to a hotel room in the Tajganj police station limits.

After informing the hotel, a staff who went inside the doctor's room, found him in an unconscious state. Police were informed and he was taken to a hospital, where he was declared to be dead.

News 18 has reported that after receiving the information, the ACP, along with the officers from the police station, arrived at the scene. The wife of the deceased doctor also reached Agra from Bharatpur. Arriving at the scene, the police took custody of the deceased's body and sent it for a post-mortem.

Following this, an investigation was launched into the incident. Currently, Police are trying to unravel the circumstances leading to the doctor's death. ETV has reported that the family informed the police that there was an altercation between the doctor and his gynecologist wife. The patient's body was handed over to the family after post-mortem and was cremated in Bharatpur on Wednesday evening.

The deceased doctor previously used to work as a radiologist at RBM Hospital. After taking voluntary retirement, he started running SR Hospital in Jaswant Nagar along with his wife.

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