MBBS student dies after fall from college hostel building

Fathimath Shahana K was a second-year MBBS student at the Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences in Chalakka

Kochi: A medical student died after falling from the seventh floor of the hostel building of a private medical college here, police on Sunday said.

They added that Fathimath Shahana K was a second-year MBBS student at the Sree Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences in Chalakka.

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The incident occurred at 11 pm on Saturday. The initial investigation suggested that she accidentally slipped from the corridor of the seventh floor of the building. However a detailed inquiry and inquest proceedings are underway, they added.

Following the incident, the police have reached the spot and launched a probe. A case has been registered for unnatural death, police said.