A medico from Jagadgirigutta allegedly died by suicide at his residence on Sunday evening. Police said that Deekshith Reddy, aged about 20, was a second-year student of Gandhi Medical College and has been off his medication for his mental health. DCP Balanagar T. Srinivas Rao said that the medico was under medication for his mental health and had stopped taking them recently, which is suspected to have triggered his depression. On Sunday evening, while his mother and sister went to a temple, he inflicted a wound in his lower body and allegedly died due to profuse bleeding,” said the DCP. A case was booked under Section 174 (suspicious death) of the CrPC and the body was shifted for postmortem.

Source: The Hindu July 09, 2023 18:55 UTC