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Delhi : AIIMS doc's decomposed body found at residence

New Delhi: A 40-year-old doctor working with the paediatric department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has allegedly died by suicide at his residence in south Delhi’s Gautam Nagar. Dr Mohit Singhla’s decomposed body was found in his room on Friday afternoon after neighbours reported a foul smell.

The cops have found a single-page suicide note from his room and sent it for forensic analysis.
This is the third suicide by an AIIMS doctor within the past one and a half months.

DCP (South) Atul Thakur said they had received a PCR call around 3.30pm following which a team from the Hauz Khas police station reached the second-floor apartment, broke open the door of his room and found the body hanging from the ceiling fan. The cops suspect that he may have died at least three days ago as the body had badly decomposed.

A prima facie inquiry revealed that he had last gone to the hospital on August 11 and since then his colleagues could not reach him on the phone. The cops have contacted family members who stay in Pitampura. Singhla was originally from Panchkula near Chandigarh and had been staying alone in the rented house since 2006.

One of the toppers in the entrance exam at AIIMS in 1998, Singhla came from a family of doctors. His brother, too, works at a private hospital in Delhi.

Family members have told police that he was suffering from depression and had allegedly tried to kill himself earlier too. He underwent counselling after that incident and recovered from depression, they said.

In the suicide note, Singhla allegedly mentioned his mental state and claimed that he did not want to live till the age of 60 or 70. Police are trying to establish if he had mentioned this to his family members.

The cops are analysing his social media profile and will also talk to his colleagues about their previous conversations to establish the reason behind the suicide. An inquest under section 174 CrPC has been initiated into the death. Singhla’s mobile phone and some documents kept in his room are being scanned.


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