PG medical student from Bengaluru found dead in hostel room

Surat: A 26-year-old postgraduate student of Government Medical College (GMC), Surat, was found dead in his hostel room on Saturday in a suspected case of suicide.

The deceased, Lokesh Devang, a native of Bengaluru, was a second-year radiology student. He was reportedly scheduled to travel to his hometown the same day. According to sources, he was found hanging from the ceiling fan using a bedsheet. Fellow hostel students rushed him to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Khatodara police have registered a case of accidental death and launched an investigation. The exact cause of the suicide remains unknown.

Sources from GMC said Lokesh had a recent argument with a female colleague at the state-run New Civil Hospital (NCH), where he was posted. However, the nature and details of the disagreement are yet to be confirmed.

Police are examining all possible angles, including personal and academic stress, and are awaiting statements from friends and colleagues to establish the sequence of events.