Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Lavanya Pratap, 22, a second-year MBBS student from Patna at IQ City Medical College Hospital in Durgapur.
- Friends broke open a locked hostel door after unanswered calls and discovered the body in a bathroom, with no suicide note recovered.
- An unnatural-death case has been registered, a magistrate visited the scene, and the body was moved for forensic autopsy after initial transfer to a local morgue.
- Officers are examining academic stress as a factor, with the father citing poor practical marks, a re-evaluation request, and an upcoming exam date.
- The family alleges the college did not promptly inform them, while the incident intensifies scrutiny of campus safety following an alleged gang-rape case last October with six arrests and a chargesheet filed.