A day after body of a 28-year-old doctor was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a rented flat in East Delhi’s Dilshad Garden area on Wednesday morning, post mortem was conducted by a board of forensic experts on Thursday amid hue and cry.
A senior police officer of the Shahdara district said the post-mortem examination of Dr Sharath Prabhu was conducted by a three-member medical panel constituted by the Delhi Government, proceedings were videographed too.
DCP (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad said, “We are waiting for the autopsy report. We also questioned Dr Sharath’s roommates and friends. Based on the autopsy report, we will take further action. As of now, investigation is being taken under section 174 of CrPC.”
28-year-old Dr Sharath Prabhu, pursuing Post Graduation (PG) from the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) was found dead at his rented accommodation at B block Dilshad Garden under highly mysterious circumstances.
Dr Sharath was studying PG (Medicines) and was also attached with the Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Hospital. He had joined the hospital in May 2017. The incident was reported to police at around 7:30 am on Wednesday.
A syringe was found lying around the wash basin. Two syringes were found in Sharath’s room and we have handed them over to the doctors. It could be a case of drug overdose or some lethal drug being injected into the body. It will become clearer only after the postmortem report,” said a senior police officer.
Police had said that Dr Sharath texted some of his friends on December 23 that he is depressed and he don’t want to live and will end his life. His friends have submitted the text messages to the Delhi Police.
A native of Tirupur area in Coimbatore district, Dr Sharath is survived by his parents and a younger sister.