Patiala horror: MBBS student stabbed to death, blood-soaked body found in PG accommodation

Patiala: In a tragic incident, a second-year medical student of Government Medical College (GMC) Patiala was allegedly stabbed to death by an unidentified assailant inside his paying guest accommodation in the New Lal Bagh area.

The police found the student’s body lying in a pool of blood after he was allegedly stabbed three to four times in the neck, resulting in his death on the spot. The student, a resident of Bareta in Mansa district, was pursuing his MBBS course at the medical college

The matter came to light on Monday evening when the student's acquaintances visited the PG after he failed to respond to multiple phone calls throughout the day. Upon entering the room, they found his blood-soaked body.

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Following this, the police reached the spot and investigated the scene. They found that the student was stabbed three to four times in the neck. Due to the severe injury and a large amount of blood loss, he died on the spot.

Speaking to PTI, the police said that a suspect has been spotted on a nearby CCTV camera fleeing the locality with bloodstains on his clothes.

Teams from the Civil Lines Police Station and New Officer Colony Police Post, along with forensic experts and senior police officials, including the DSP, visited the spot to collect evidence.

"Around four students were residing as PGs in the building. We are tracing all of them for questioning. The victim's family has been informed, and they reached Patiala on Monday evening," a senior police official said.

A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the law, and further investigation is underway to ascertain the motive behind the murder and nab the culprit, police added.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that four Indian medical students studying at the Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa in the Bashkortostan Republic suffered serious injuries after being stabbed by a teenager with a knife in their dormitory.

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