New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) A 28-year-old doctor, hailingfrom Tamil Nadu, was today found dead at his rented flat innortheast Delhi's Shahdara area, police said.
The deceased, Sharath Prabhu, was a first-year postgraduate medicine student at the University College of MedicalSciences, affiliated to the Delhi University, they said.
He was staying in the flat with two others and around11.30 pm last night the trio had dinner, the police said.
Prabhu was found unconscious outside the washroom of theapartment around 7 am by his flatmates, who took him to theGTB Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, theysaid.
Prasad said some syringes, the contents of which willhave to be examined, were found near his body. Two vialscontaining potassium and insulin were also found from theroom, the police said.
The police was probing whether he died due to drugoverdose, they said.
His flatmates, who were also his classmates, werequestioned. They told the police that he was depressed oversome personal and professional issues, the police said.
They said that he found the work monotonous and was nothappy with it. He had moved from Coimbatore to Delhi in May2017. It was suspected that it was his deliberate decision tomove to Delhi, away from his family, they said.
His father and relatives arrived today from Coimbatore inTamil Nadu after receiving the news. The forensic and crimeteam visited the spot and no suicide note was found, thepolice said.
Medical Superintendent of the GTB Hospital, Sunil Kumar,when contacted said, "The family of the deceased has arrived,but it is already late for today, so the post-mortem would bedone tomorrow."Asked about some syringes being found near the spot,where he was found dead, Kumar said, "Too early to sayanything, right now, let the autopsy be done first and thereport come."The post-mortem will be conducted tomorrow and the causeof the death will be known after that, Nupur Prasad,Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara), said. PTI SLB KNDKJ.
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