A medical student of the Banaras Hindu University committed suicide on June 23 by hanging herself from the ceiling of her hostel room on the campus, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Manisha Kumari, a native of Jamui in Bihar and junior doctor of the ophthalmology department of the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, they added. A two-page suicide note was found inside her hostel room in which she mentioned that she was frustrated with her tuberculosis ailment, SHO of Lanka police station Bharat Bhusan said. Her parents have been informed about the incident and the body has been sent for an autopsy, Bhusan said, adding that further probe into the matter was on.