Varanasi: A student at the Institute of Medical Science Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU) allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her hostel room at the varsity campus here on Sunday afternoon.
Manisha Kumari, a junior resident at the Ophthalmology Department, left behind a two-page suicide note in which she mentioned that she was frustrated with her tuberculosis ailment. Police said Manisha's body had been sent for post-mortem and her parents had been informed of the tragedy.
Manisha, a native of Jamui in Bihar, had joined IMS-BHU as junior resident-I in 2017. Police officer said the BHU proctorial board alerted them after hostel inmates found her body hanging in her room around 12.30 p.m. and raised an alarm.
