Balangir: A first-year MBBS student of Bhima Bhoi Medical College in Odisha’s Balangir died after falling off the hostel roof on Friday.
He has been identified as Nishant Kumar, a resident of Haryana. He had taken admission in the medical college a month ago and was residing in the New Boys hostel.
According to sources, Kumar went to the terrace after having lunch. He sustained critical injuries after falling off the roof and was taken to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Though the circumstance under which Nishant fell from the terrace is yet to be ascertained, it is being suspected that he committed suicide by jumping off the roof.
Meanwhile, police have reached the spot and begun an investigation into the incident.
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