Committee to investigate Manipal Tata Medical College MBBS student's suicide case

Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum district administration in Jharkhand has set up a committee to investigate the death of a third-year MBBS student at a private medical college in Jamshedpur. Speaking to PTI, the officials informed that the committee will be headed by Additional District Magistrate (L&O) Bhagirath Prasad, and will have Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Dhalbhum) Chandrajit Singh and DSP (HQ-1) Bhola Prasad as members Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the concerned medico died by allegedly consuming poison in his hostel room at the Manipal Medical College on August 21. Four people, including a medical college student, took their own lives within the 24 hours that day. The medico, identified as a third-year MBBS student at Manipal Tata Medical College (TMMC), died after allegedly consuming poison on Thursday night, police said on Friday. Originally from Kashipur in Bihar’s Samastipur district, the student was rushed to the Tata Main Hospital (TMH) by his classmates when his condition deteriorated. Despite emergency treatment, doctors declared him dead around 1.30 a.m. on Friday. According to family members, his father had already passed away, and his elder brother was bearing the expenses of his studies. He received his brother’s body after the post-mortem examination, said he had spoken to him on Thursday evening and found nothing unusual in his behaviour. Also Read:Manipal Tata Medical College MBBS student dies by suicide allegedly after consuming poison Later, the Students of the medical college staged a protest outside the campus on Saturday, alleging administrative negligence over the death of Pandey, who was a resident of Samstipur in Bihar. The students alleged that the college administration had delayed in arranging an ambulance, and accused a senior official of harassing them. Deputy Commissioner Karn Satyarthi directed the committee to submit a detailed report to him within a week. Following the incident, the college said that it had suspended the employee in charge of transportation and constituted an internal committee to probe the allegations.