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Mumbai: KEM resident doctor injects self with poison, dies

PTI Nov 18, 2019

A 28-year-old resident doctor of civic-run KEM Hospital in Parel in central Mumbai allegedly committed suicide by injecting himself with poison, police said on 16th November.


Pranay Jaiswal's body was found on the terrace of his hostel inside the hospital campus on November 16 morning, an official said. Jaiswal, a resident of Amravati, was a final year Master's student and was reportedly under depression over the last six months, he added."He was an inmate of the hostel for the past three years. On November 15 night, he did not return to his room and his colleagues mounted a search. His body was found on the terrace of the hostel on November 16 morning," the official said.

The exact cause of death is yet to be ascertained but preliminary probe has suggested he injected himself with a poisonous substance, the official added. "The post mortem report will give more clarity. Our probe into the incident is underway. We have registered an accidental death case," the Bhoiwada police station official said.

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