UP: 26-year-old nurse allegedly commits suicide with overdose of anaesthesia

Shahjahanpur: In an unfortunate incident, a 26-year-old nurse allegedly committed suicide by giving herself an overdose of anaesthesia at her house on the campus of a private medical college in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur, police said on Monday.

According to a UNI report, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi said Aarti Deval completed her nursing course from Varun Arjun Medical College, a private institute in Tilhar area of the district. She was employed at the medical college and stayed in a house on its campus. 

When she did not report for duty on Monday, her colleagues went to her residence and saw that the room door was locked from inside, police said.

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Police reached the spot and broke open the door to find Deval’s body.

According to a Amar Ujala news report, the victim’s father, Mahesh Deval, said that his daughter Aarti Deval worked as a staff nurse in Varun Arjun Medical College. She lived in room number 44 on the first floor of the girls’ hostel. He used to talk to his daughter daily. He called his daughter Aarti at 7 am on Monday, but she did not pick up the phone.

According to the initial investigation, she took an excessive dose of anaesthesia, which led to her death, an officer said, reports UNI.

The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, and the reason behind Deval taking the extreme step is being ascertained, he added.

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