Medical student hangs herself in hostel room in Bareilly

Press Trust of India  |  Bareilly 

A 19-year-old MBBS student allegedly hung herself from the ceiling fan of her hostel room here today, a police officer said.

Ananya Dixit, a first year student of the SRMS Medical college here, was found hanging this afternoon, SSP Jogendra Kumar said.


Her two roommates told the police that the resident had been tense for the past two days and had not gone to college today because of illness.

They said that when they returned to the room for lunch they found her hanging and informed the college administration, the SSP said. He added that parents of the girl have arrived and investigations are on.

No suicide note was found and the reason which drove her to alegedly take the extreme step was not immediately known, he said.

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First Published: Wed, September 06 2017. 20:32 IST