A 23-year-old Dalit woman house surgeon in Siddipet, Telangana, committed suicide after a senior doctor reneged on his promise of marriage, citing caste differences. Police have arrested the accused under the SC/ST Act.
A 23-year-old Dalit house surgeon (intern doctor) at a government medical college in Siddipet district of Telangana allegedly committed suicide after being cheated by a senior resident doctor who had promised to marry her, police said. Distraught by the accused’s refusal to marry her due to caste differences, the student injected herself with a herbicide at the college hostel on January 3, rendering her unconscious, police said.
Her roommates admitted her to a hospital, officials said on Monday. She was first admitted to a hospital in Siddipet and later shifted to a government hospital in Hyderabad, where she died during treatment in the early hours of January 4.
According to the police, based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s sister, a case was registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and he was arrested. They said the student, who hailed from a poor family in Jogulamba-Gadwal district, had studied at a Social Welfare School and later enrolled in MBBS at the Government Medical College in Siddipet in 2020.
Police said she excelled in academics and sports. Her parents are laborers, while her elder sister is a software engineer. According to the police, the 23-year-old student was doing her internship at the Government Medical College in Siddipet, where she met the accused senior resident last July.
Police said the accused, who belongs to a backward class, had promised to marry her but later refused, citing caste, following which the student took the extreme step.
Courtesy: Hindi News