A 22-year-old medical student ended his life by jumping off the roof of a hostel in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on August 10 evening, police said.

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The 2018 batch MBBS student, who hailed from Bengaluru, was admitted in the psychiatry ward of the hospital. He was undergoing treatment for some mental health problems. He had taken an hours' break from the ward. He then apparently reached the roof of hostel number 19 from where he jumped, hospital sources said.

The incident was reported to the police at around 6 pm. He was moved to the Trauma Centre where he was declared dead during the course of treatment, said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (South). No suicide note has been recovered, police said, adding further enquiry is underway. The victim's parents have been informed and the body will be handed over to them after post-mortem on August 11.

This is the second such incident reported at AIIMS. On July 10, a 25-year-old junior resident doctor died by reportedly jumping off the 10th floor of the doctor's hostel at AIIMS. The deceased was working at the Department of Psychiatry. He was seeking treatment for depression, police said.