Prayagraj Hospital Shocker: Doctor Found Dead With Needle Mark on Hand, Probe Underway

Prayagraj (UP): A 28-year-old Master of Surgery student of the government-run Moti Lal Nehru Medical College allegedly ended his life in his car at a hospital associated with the college, on Sunday.

Prayagraj Hospital Death Case

DCP (city) Abhishek Bharti said that on Saturday night, doctors of SRN Hospital informed the police that Dr Kartikeya Srivastava (28), working in the same hospital, had committed suicide.

A resident of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, Dr Kartikeya Srivastava took the extreme step by allegedly injecting himself with a poisonous substance, ACP Kotwali Manoj Kumar Singh said.

The field unit, dog squad and surveillance team have been called to the spot and evidence is being collected, the DCP said. 

Fellow junior resident doctors from Moti Lal Nehru Medical College told police that Kartikeya was suffering from depression. Kartikeya was a junior resident doctor in the orthopaedic department living in the Georgetown area of Prayagraj. 

With PTI Inputs