A third year MBBS student of a private college has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room in Latur city of central Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.
The deceased student was identified by the police as Bhagwat Sunil Bade (21), a resident of Devdahiphal village in adjoining Beed district, but the reason for his extreme step was not yet known.
According to the police, Bade was a very bright student in his school days and had got admission in the MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) course at the MIT Medical College here on strength of merit.
The 21-year-old student had secured good marks in the first two years and was in the third year of MBBS, they said.
He was staying in a boys’ hostel located outside the college campus on Ambajogai Road and hanged himself in his room on Tuesday afternoon, the police said.
An investigation was underway to find out the reason for the suicide.
