MBBS student commits suicide: Tired, wanted to be cricketer

“She (Shivani) was a topper in classes 10th and 12th, but she wasn’t able to cope up with the pressure here (at the college). She was also running a year behind in the course. She had low attendance in the first year and couldn’t pass in the supplementary examinations and was hence detained,” Dr CMS Rawat, principal of the medical college, said. Shivani was on anti-depressant drugs, he said.

According to the college authorities, the police were contacted on Saturday night when Bansal skipped her ophthalmology examination and locked herself in her college hostel room. On Sunday, police managed to enter her room through a small window, and found her hanging from a ceiling fan.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Srinagar police station, Narendra Singh Bisht, told The Indian Express, that an FIR under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code had been filed as the girl’s father, Harish Bansal, believed that someone might have convinced the girl to take the drastic step.

This was the first suicide case reported from the medical college since it started its MBBS courses in 2008.