UP: Vyapam scam accused female doctor commits suicide after injecting poison

Manisha Sharma, a junior doctor at the King George Medical College, Lucknow, committed suicide after injecting herself with poison. The woman died over two days after she was admitted to the hospital in critical condition on account of an alleged drug overdose.

The family members say that the doctor committed suicide due to harassment by a senior doctor of the same medical college. The deceased's kin also lodged an FIR in the Wazirganj police station against a senior doctor in the Urology department, Udham Singh, on grounds of harassment.

Lucknow West Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikas Chandra Tripathi.

said "On October 13, a woman informed us that her sister, who is a doctor at KGMU, injected herself with some drug and was being treated at KGMU where she died today (Monday). An FIR has been registered against a doctor. Action will be taken based on the investigation,"

At KGMU, Sharma was pursuing higher education at the hospital while serving as a junior doctor at gynaecology and obstetrics department.

The deceased was accused in the 2015 Vyapam scandal and was out on bail. The Vyapam scam is an admission and recruitment fraudulent scheme, beginning in 1995, involving politicians, senior officials and businessmen in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB).