Medical student dies after falling from hostel balcony in Jhansi
Press Trust of India | July 2, 2025 | 05:53 PM IST | 1 min read
Police said the body has been sent for post-mortem and further investigation is underway. Students and hostel staff believe Sarthak Khanna's fall was an accident.
JHANSI: A 22-year-old MBBS student died after falling from the balcony of his hostel at a government medical college on Wednesday morning, police said. Sarthak Khanna, a student of the 2022 batch had returned to the hostel from his home in Lucknow on Tuesday night, officials said.
According to Dr Mayank Singh, Principal of the Medical College said, “Around 8 am on Wednesday, Sarthak accidentally fell from the second-floor balcony of the hostel. Fellow students rushed him to the emergency department, but he was declared brought dead.”
Police said the body has been sent for post-mortem and further investigation is underway. Students and hostel staff believe Khanna's fall was an accident. The student's family has been informed, officials said.
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