India, Sept. 6 -- A 25-year-old private hospital doctor allegedly died by suicide at his Muzaffarpur residence in Bihar late on Friday evening, police said.

The deceased, who used to work as a junior doctor at a private hospital in Juran Chapra, allegedly shot himself with a licensed DBBL (Double-Barrel Breech-Loading) gun registered in his father's name.

According to the police, the deceased, after finishing his duty, came back home around 7 pm and ate with his grandmother and mother, following which he went to his third-floor study room.

"Hours later, family members heard a gunshot sound. They went to the third floor where he was lying in a pool of blood and a licensed gun was found near his feet," a police officer said.

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