Jammu: 22-year old medical student dies by suicide in hostel room
Press Trust of India | April 27, 2025 | 10:02 PM IST | 1 min read
A resident of Harni village, Falak Sayed Khan, in Poonch's Mendhar area, dies by suicide inside boys' hostel of Government Medical College (GMC) at Bakshi Nagar, officials said.
JAMMU: A 22-year-old MBBS student committed suicide inside his hostel room in Government Medical College (GMC) here on Sunday, officials said. Falak Sayed Khan, a resident of Harni village in Poonch's Mendhar area, was found hanging with the ceiling fan inside the boys hostel of the GMC at Bakshi Nagar after the door of his room was forcibly opened, the officials said.
They said Khan was in the second-year of his course and the motive behind his extreme step was not known immediately. The body was handed over to his family for last rites after completion of legal formalities including post-mortem, the officials said, adding that police have started inquest proceedings to investigate his death.
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