Junior doctor found dead in Lajpat Ngr flat

NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old junior doctor pursuing postgraduation from Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital was found dead at his rented flat in south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar on Tuesday morning, the police said.

Police said the room in which the doctor’s semi-decomposed body was found was bolted from inside. They suspect that the doctor allegedly killed himself and did not suspect any foul play. A cannula was found inserted in his arm and an empty glucose bottle was found near his body, suggesting that the doctor had allegedly injected some poisonous liquid into his body that claimed his life, police said. A roommate and their domestic help first saw the doctor’s body around 9 am, police said.

Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said the exact reason behind the suicide could not be ascertained since no note was found. “His family members are also shocked. We spoke to them but they said he was not stressed and had never shared any personal problems,” said Biswal, adding that an inquest proceeding under section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) has been initiated to ascertain the reason behind the extreme step.

“I have just come to know about the incident. The resident doctor was from Uttar Pradesh (UP) and from what I understand he was taken to AIIMS by someone and the post mortem will likely be done there itself. The parents are on their way now,” said Dr Sunil Gupta, medical superintendent of Safgarjung hospital.

Police said that the doctor was living in a two-bedroom rented flat in Lajpat Nagar along with another junior doctor of Delhi’s Lok Nayak hospital, who is also pursuing his postgraduation in Gynaecology. The roommate had July 26, 2019: A 35-year-old senior lab assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, his 32-year-old wife and mother were found hanging in their house on the IIT campus in south Delhi. No suicide note was recovered. July 9, 2019: A 23-year-old man, who was arrested along with his associate on charges of opening fire at a TV news crew and a cab driver last month, allegedly killed himself by jumping off the fifth floor of Saket Court Complex.

May 28, 2019: A 21-year-old cab driver allegedly killed himself by hanging himself with a ceiling fan at his rented room in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri after someone informed him that his girlfriend had killed herself at her home in Uttar Pradesh. May 26, 2019: A 30-year-old man allegedly killed himself by jumping into the Yamuna river from DND flyway in south Delhi’s Sunlight Colony.

May 7, 2019: A 53-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector allegedly shot himself dead with his service pistol while on duty in south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar. gone to his hometown 10 days ago.

Around 1.30 am, DCP Biswal said, the roommate landed at the Delhi airport and reached the Lajpat Nagar flat around 2.30 am. The roommate opened the flat’s door using his key and went to sleep in his room, which is closest to the main door.

Around 9am, a domestic help who used and cook and clean the flat, rang the bell. The roommate opened the door and again went to sleep in his room. As he went to bed, the domestic help came and complained that some foul smell was emanating from the doctor’s February 9, 2019: A 25-year-old Indian Engineering Services officer was found hanging at his rented Delhi Development Authority flat in south Delhi’s Munirka. The officer, who was posted as an assistant director in a central government ministry, allegedly killed himself by hanging and he was under depression.

January 17, 2019: A 26-year-old security guard was found hanging at a government school in outer Delhi’s Qadipur. Police found a six-page handwritten note, purportedly written by the guard, in which he alleged that he and his family members were being threatened, harassed, and assaulted by the family members of a teenager who had been sent to a correction home for allegedly raping his niece. January 12, 2019: A 28-year-old woman killed herself at her home in east Delhi’s Mansarovar Park, leaving behind a suicide note in which she accused her husband’s friend of allegedly stalking, blackmailing and seeking sexual favours for the past two years. room. The domestic help told him that the doctor did not open the main door on Saturday and Sunday despite repeated ringing of the bell.

“The roommate panicked and called the police control room and the doctor’s sister, who lives in Gurugram. The police broke open the door in the presence of doctor’s roommate, sister and some neighbours. The doctor’s semi-decomposed body was lying on the floor with a cannula inserted in his arm. His body was sent to AIIMS for autopsy,” said Biswal. NEWDELHI:A day after the body of an Indian Army doctor was found on the railway tracks near Sadar Bazar in central Delhi, the police on Tuesday said that the initial autopsy report did not hint towards any foul play.

The man was a Captain in the Indian Army and his family has alleged that he was murdered.

Police said they have found CCTV footage, in which the Army officer can be seen walking along the tracks alone. The footage of as many as 14 CCTVS are being scanned to ascertain if somebody was accompanying or following the Army captain. The officer had de-boarded a train from Lucknow at the New Delhi railway station at around 5.30am on Monday.

“It appears to be a case of suicide. No foul play has emerged so far. We have learnt that the Captain was admitted in the Army’s hospital in Lucknow for two days – on July 26 and 27. Why was he admitted there is not known yet. We have not reached to any conclusion since our enquiry is still on,” said deputy commissioner of police (railways) Dinesh Kumar Gupta.

A senior officer from the Indian Army, who did not want to be named said, “We have learnt about our officer’s death on July 29. Army officials and police are looking into it.”

The Army captain’s family, however, claimed that the man was not depressed or facing any personal problems.

“My son was mentally strong and he knew how to overcome tough times. We spoke to his colleagues and close friends but they said my son had not informed them about anything that was disturbing him. We suspect that my son was drugged and killed. His body was thrown on the railway tracks to pass it the incident off as suicide,” said the Army officer’s father.