A pall of sorrow descended on IQ City Medical College in Durgapur after a 22-year-old second-year student, Lavanya Pratap, ended his life in the hostel bathroom. Hailing from Patna, the Bihar native was found hanging on Saturday evening, igniting panic in the private institution.
Law enforcement sources attribute the act to academic despair; the student hadn’t passed any semester exams. Durgapur police arrived promptly, securing the scene and dispatching the body for autopsy.
‘Investigation launched post unnatural death FIR. Peers questioned; autopsy pending at sub-district hospital,’ ACP Subir Roy informed.
Anil Kumar, the grieving father, shared, ‘Exams were poor. Re-check was ongoing—maybe the pressure broke him.’
No comment from college management as agitation grips the campus. The body remains in the morgue while family copes with the news.
Strikingly, this follows a gang-rape scandal at the same college last year, where a first-year girl was assaulted off-campus, leading to six arrests including a classmate.
Experts call for urgent mental health reforms in medical education. Police assure thorough scrutiny, but this suicide spotlights the toll of failure in high-stakes fields. The coming autopsy will unravel if foul play lurks beneath the surface.