Dehradun (UKD), March 26 A 25-year-old postgraduate medical student allegedly committed suicide in her car in Dehradun, and the police have registered a case against her department's head based on allegations of harassment by her family, officials said on Thursday.
The doctor, who is originally from Ambala, Haryana, was found unconscious by her father inside her car parked on Kargi Road here on Wednesday morning. He immediately took her to a hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.
According to police, she was found with a cannula inserted into her arm, and several vials of injections lying inside the car.
The doctor's family has alleged that the Head of the Department (HOD) of Ophthalmology, Dr. Priyanka Gupta, was subjecting her to "mental harassment," which compelled her to take such an extreme step.
Her father, Dr. Lalit Mohan, has lodged a formal complaint with the police regarding this matter.
Police said that preliminary inquiries have revealed that she had been suffering from depression for quite some time, which is why her mother had moved from Ambala to live with her in Dehradun.
According to the police, the 25-year-old sent a message to her mother on Tuesday night, informing her that she would return home from the hospital by 12:30 am.
However, when she failed to return home even after a considerable delay and did not answer her phone, her mother alerted her father, who was in Ambala.
Police said he drove down to Dehradun that very night and, together with her mother, set out to search for her.
The police further reported that while searching, they spotted Tanvi's car, inside which she was found lying unconscious.
Her father somehow managed to break the car window using a stone, pulled her out, and rushed her to the hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
Police confirmed that based on the complaint filed by Tanvi's father, a case has been registered against Dr. Priyanka Gupta, and an investigation into the matter has been initiated.
