MBBS student from Bihar found hanging in Bengal hostel

A 21-year-old medical student from Bihar was found hanging in a hostel toilet at a private college in Durgapur, West Bengal. Police suspect suicide and are investigating the case, while awaiting post-mortem results to confirm the cause of death

Kolkata: The body of a 21-year-old second-year medical student from Bihar was found hanging in a hostel toilet at a private medical college in Durgapur, West Bengal, a police officer said.

The deceased, Lavanya Pratap, a resident of Patna, was pursuing an MBBS degree at the institute.

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His body was discovered on Saturday night, after which local police kept it in the hospital morgue.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the death may have been a suicide, the officer said, adding that the exact cause would be confirmed after a post-mortem examination.

The family has been informed and has arrived in Durgapur. Investigators have spoken to classmates and hostel inmates as part of the probe.

Police are also examining reports that the student had failed one subject in the recent semester exams and was under mental stress.

A student of the same medical college, who hailed from Odisha, was allegedly gang-raped in October last year, when she went out with a male friend. The police arrested the friend and five other accused in the case.