BDS student commits suicide

Ranchi: A 30-year-old

dental

course student, Divita Divya, committed

suicide

in the city on Tuesday.

Police said Divya, a

BDS

student of

Garhwa Medical College

, suddenly jumped into a

well

near St Francis School near Argora police station area while taking a morning walk. Her body was fished out by locals. She was suffering from

depression

for the past several days and was undergoing treatment. Her parents are employees of All India Radio.

SSP (Ranchi) S K Jha said the body was sent for autopsy. He added, “A case will be registered based on the statement of her parents.”

A senior psychiatrist of Rinpas, Siddhartha Sinha, said, “The student must have been in a very low mood. She had not interacted with her parents for long and has not shared her problems. The trend of hopelessness and helplessness is getting common in this

Covid

period.”