PG medico kills himself over family issues

PG medico kills himself over family issues 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 5.9.2024 

Chennai : A post-graduate medical student committed suicide by injecting a lethal dose into his body at the hostel of Madras Medical College around 7 am on Wednesday. Police said he took the extreme step due to a family issue. The deceased, Aravind, 24, a native of Ezhayiram Pannai in Virudhunagar, was pursuing his firstyear master's degree at the Madras Medical College and stayed at the hostel. 

On Wednesday, his batchmates suspected something was wrong as Aravind didn’t come out of his room. They informed the hostel warden who then broke open the door, only to find Aravind lying unconscious on his bed. Students got Aravind admitted to a hospital, where doctors examined and declared him dead on arrival. On information, a police team from Triplicane recovered his laptop, mobile phone and other documents from his room. Police found an empty syringe, and said the deceased had selfadministered an injection that killed him. 

Forensic officials have recovered the syringe for medical examination to confirm the chemical remains in it. Preliminary inquiries revealed that Aravind had an argument with his family as they denied him permission to marry his uncle’s daughter. Police suspect that Aravind may have taken the extreme step due to this issue. Triplicane police have registered a case, and further investigations are on.

 It may be recalled that a medical college student, Shirley, committed suicide on Sunday by leaping off the fifth floor of the hostel building at Meenakshi Medical College in Kancheepuram. In yet another incident at Virudhunagar, a second-year medical student, Vivega, took her life by hanging from the ceiling at her house after she failed twice in a subject in her first-year semester examinations.

(Assistance for those having suicidal thoughts is available on Tamil Nadu’s health helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline (044-24640050).