India, June 12 -- VARANASI A second-year student of a private nursing college in Sarnath was found dead on the staircase of a boys' hostel on Wednesday. The deceased was spotted with blood oozing from her body, prompting a widespread police investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death, said officials on Thursday.

The student, who resided with her parents in a colony within the Sarnath police station limits, had left home on Wednesday morning. According to her family, she had informed them that she was going to attend a camp. However, her body was later found on the hostel stairs, said police.

Preliminary findings suggested that the student suffered internal bleeding. Police said a panel of two doctors conducted the post-mo...