A woman doctor on Sunday committed suicide by jumping from her house at the eighth floor of the Banalata Apartment at Saheed Nagar here.
The deceased, identified as Swetapadma Mishra (45), was working as a gynaecologist at the Jagannath Hospital in the city. Her husband Ajit Mohapatra, a child specialist, was working in the same hospital.
She was rushed to the Apollo Hospital in the city, where she was declared brought dead. Her body was then shifted to the Capital Hospital here for postmortem.
The reason behind the death was yet to be known. The forensic team and the Saheed Nagar police reached the apartment to gather facts behind the death and interrogated in-laws of the deceased. The police recovered footwear and spectacles of the deceased lying on the terrace of the building from where she fell from.
“We have started our investigation after registering an unnatural death case. Investigation is on to find out the actual reason of the death,” said a police official.
The deceased’s mother-in-law told reporters that the woman was suffering from psychological disorder. The deceased was undergoing treatment for this, she added.
Meanwhile, Swetapadma’s parents lodged a complaint at the Saheed Nagar police station alleging murder by her in-laws.