Thane: A 27-year-old doctor, preparing for her MD course entrance exams, jumped from the balcony of her 12th floor apartment in the Thane-Kolshet area as she was tense about her National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exam, according to Kapurbawdi Police.
The incident took place at Thane’s Everest World Complex on Saturday morning. According to police, the deceased, Dr Sharmistha Sufal Som, 27, lived with her parents. Som’s mother is a well-known skin specialist. On Saturday, around 7am, after taking a bath, Sharmistha allegedly picked up a kitchen knife, slit her wrists and neck, after which she jumped off the balcony of her room, police said. The watchman alerted the residents after he found her lying in the building compound in a pool of blood.