India, June 2 -- A 25-year-old junior resident doctor was found unconscious under circumstances suggesting suicide inside a washroom at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Tuesday morning. He was later pronounced dead during treatment. While the exact cause of death remains a matter of investigation, police suspect it to be a case of suicide.

The incident came to light around 9am when hospital staff noticed that the postgraduate student had not returned from a washroom near the Trauma Centre for an unusually long period. After breaking open the door, staff discovered him unresponsive.

GMCH-32 director-principal Dr Ravneet Kaur said that minimal heart activity was detected when he was found, pr...