PUDUCHERRY: A doctor at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) allegedly killed himself in his hostel room on the campus on Friday.
According to police on Saturday, the deceased, identified as Dr K Sanjeev Guragain, a postgraduate student of surgery in the institute, was found dead with his left wrist slashed in his room at the Harvey House hostel.
JIPMER dean Dr Pankaj Kundra informed the D Nagar police who seized the body. Police said they believed it to be a case of suicide, adding that the reason was not known. The body has been kept at the JIPMER mortuary and his family intimated.
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