Two healthcare professionals die by suicide; reason unknown!

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: Two separate cases of suicide were reported in the city in the last 24 hours, where a doctor and a staff nurse ended their lives by jumping in front of moving trains here.

In the first incident, a 22-year-old staff nurse hailing from Vijayapura was found dead on the railway tracks near Deepanjali Nagar on Thursday morning.

The Railway police inspected the spot soon after they were alerted. The cops identified her as Channabasu, who used to reside with her aunt in Cholurpalya in Magadi Main Road.

She was working as a staff nurse at a hospital in KR Puram in Bengaluru. Speaking to News Trail, the Railway Police from Nayandahalli said that the woman left her home on Wednesday morning informing her aunt that she is going to her office.

In the night however she reached near Deepanjali Nagar railway bridge and jumped in front of a moving train.

So far the cause of her extreme step could not be determined, the police said and added that a case has been registered and a probe is still underway.

In the second incident, a 38-year-old doctor allegedly committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a moving train in Yelahanka on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Dr Anant Prasad, a child specialist at a hospital in Bengaluru North. It was learnt that he got married just three months ago.

Following an inspection by the Railway Police, a case was registered at the Yeshwantpur Railway Police Station. The exact reason behind his suicide was not known, the police said.

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