21-year-old MBBS student found hanging in Bengal hostel

The body of a 21-year-old second-year medical student from Bihar was found hanging in a hostel toilet at a private medical college in Durgapur, West Bengal, a police officer said.

The deceased, Lavanya Pratap, a resident of Patna, was pursuing an MBBS degree at the



institute.

His body was discovered on Saturday night, after which local police kept it in the hospital morgue.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the death may have been a suicide, the officer said, adding that the exact cause would be confirmed after a post-mortem examination.