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Medical student ends life after failing in exam

TNN | May 2, 2019, 04.25 AM IST


Vadodara: A student at Baroda Medical College was found hanging in her room at Medical College Hostel late on Tuesday night.

A student of third-year surgery, Rachana Desai (27) committed suicide as she had failed in an exam and was also going through a rough phase after a failed relationship. Desai, a native of Mehsana, had left behind a suicide note in which she had stated the reasons for taking the extreme step.

Police said that Desai’s friends found her hanging in her room when they went to call her on Tuesday late evening. “Initially they called the deceased on her mobile phone, but when she did not answer, they went to her room,” said a police official.

When Desai did not open the door, her friends checked through the window only to find her hanging to the ceiling fan. Later, the college officials and police were informed about the incident.

During the investigation, cops had found the suicide note. “She had failed in the recently announced results of final year. She was shocked by the exam result, she wrote in the letter, as she was good at studies,” the police official said.

He added that she was in a romantic relationship with a fellow student. “The deceased has written that her love affair was going through rough phase due to which she was disturbed,” cops said.

The letter and Desai’s mobile phone has been sent to forensic laboratory for ascertaining her handwriting. The postmortem was conducted at SSG Hospital on Wednesday and a case of accidental death was registered at Raopura police station.

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