Telangana: Senior PG student held for harassing medico student in suicide attempt case

HYDERABAD: A second-year post-graduate medical student , also a doctor, was arrested here on Friday in connection with the alleged suicide attempt by a woman whom he had allegedly harassed, police said.

The man was booked for "harassing" the woman, his junior, and arrested two days after she allegedly attempted suicide in Warangal district of Telangana, police said. The condition of the first-year post-graduate student, who is undergoing treatment at the state-run Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here continued to be critical, doctors said.

The woman had attempted suicide at a state-run hospital in Warangal on Wednesday reportedly after being harassed by one of her seniors, a male doctor at the college, police said. The victim's father has lodged a complaint with police accusing a senior student of harassing his daughter and accordingly a case was registered, police said. The man, a second-year student in the department of Anesthesia at the medical college and also a doctor, had been making comments to belittle her and harass her, it was alleged.

It was further alleged he had also posted comments against her in an instant messaging platform and unable to bear the harassment she attempted suicide. The woman, who was on duty at the hospital, was found unconscious by the staff and doctors and was given initial treatment there.

She was subsequently shifted to NIMS after her condition became critical. She is suspected to have resorted to the extreme step either by administering some drug orally or intravenous means, police had said. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday visited NIMS to enquire about the condition of the student who was being given advanced treatment following multi-organ failure.

State Health Minister T Harish Rao said the government would conduct a thorough inquiry into the incident and take steps against those responsible for the PG student's alleged suicide bid.