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Nursing student dies of suicide in East Delhi

A PCR call was made reporting that a girl was lying unconscious behind a locked door, according to the police. Promptly, a team was dispatched to the site.

Nursing student dies of suicide in East Delhi

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A nursing student was found dead in her locked room In East Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar, raising suspicions of suicide, said police on Tuesday.

A PCR call was made reporting that a girl was lying unconscious behind a locked door, according to the police. Promptly, a team was dispatched to the site.

After making a forced entry, the police and fire department personnel discovered the girl with a cannula in her hand and two drips hanging from a ceiling fan.
She was declared dead by Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) medical staff, and her body was transferred to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital.

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The police have seized her mobile phone for a thorough investigation, and her family has been informed.

In a separate incident, an 18-year-old boy died after an outdoor unit of an air conditioner fell upon him while he was standing on a road along with his friend in the Karol Bagh area of Delhi on Saturday.

Earlier, a doctor working at the AIIMS died by suicide by overdose of medicine, the police said on Sunday. It added that a suicide note was also found.

The police further said that the deceased doctor was identified as 34-year-old Raj Ghoniya, a permanent resident of Rajkot, Gujarat.

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