Overview

• Jyoti Krushnakumar Meena, a 21-year-old second-year MBBS student from Sikar, Rajasthan, was found hanging in a spare room at BJ Government Medical College’s Girls’ Hostel in Pune on August 6.
• Investigators recovered a note in which she described enduring anxiety since school, undergoing psychiatric treatment and wanting to further her medical education without assigning blame.
• Authorities say she left her shared hostel room around 6:30 pm, was reported missing at midnight by roommates and later discovered by another student in an adjacent room.
• Bund Garden Police Station has registered a case and Deputy Commissioner Milind Mohite confirmed that officers are mapping her movements to determine the events leading up to her death.
• This incident represents the ninth student suicide at Indian universities and engineering or medical colleges since early 2024, renewing demands for comprehensive counseling and transparent grievance redressal mechanisms on campuses.