Bengaluru: Doctor jumps to death from hospital terrace

On Wednesday morning, a 45-year-old associate professor at MS Ramaiah Medical College & Hospital committed suicide by jumping from the 8th storey of a building. Though the cause for the drastic action has yet to be determined, authorities assume that work pressure was a factor.

The deceased has been identified as Dr. Ambarish Vijay Raghav, who was an associate professor in the department of physiology and a resident of Banashankari. He allegedly arrived at work around 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, as usual, and spoke with his coworkers normally, according to police.

“At around 11.45 pm, he fell from the Ramaiah Memorial Hospital building’s terrace, which is on the 8th floor and the guards rushed to his rescue but he had passed away. He was last seen at around 10.30 am when he was discussing over the phone about getting his car repaired. It is suspected that he fell from the terrace as other places are covered with grills for safety. No one has seen him going to the terrace,” the police added.

The police have recorded his wife’s statement, who has reportedly told them that her husband had not shared any problem with her. “As per his wife, Dr. Ambarish was stressed out due to the overload of work pressure after the onset of the pandemic. Though the exact cause is yet to be known, it is suspected work pressure might have driven him to take the extreme step,” an official said.

The Sadashivanagar police have registered an unnatural death case in this connection.