Overview
- Police and BHU officials found 26‑year‑old Ritwik Kundu unresponsive in his Sushrut Hostel room after colleagues reported he missed duty and did not answer knocks on Monday.
- Officers forced entry and discovered an IV drip attached to his hand and a handwritten note in which he apologised to his parents and said he was ending his life.
- Uttar Pradesh Police say preliminary inquiries point to a possible overdose of an anaesthetic drug given through the IV but stress the exact cause will be established only after post‑mortem and forensic tests.
- The body was taken into police custody, the family was informed, and investigators are verifying the handwriting and collecting technical evidence as part of the formal probe.
- The case highlights two key concerns for medical training sites: the mental‑health pressures on junior doctors and the need to control access to anaesthetic agents while authorities await forensic confirmation.