GORAKHPUR, July 11 -- A junior doctor at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room on Friday morning, police said.

The deceased, Dr Abisho David (32), a native of Paloorkonam Parassala in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, was a junior resident at the department of anaesthesia. He was discovered unresponsive in his hostel room (No. 25), they added.

According to SP (city) Abhinav Tyagi, the body was sent for the post-mortem examination and family members of the deceased were informed about the incident.

According to Dr Sateesh Kumar, head of the anaesthesia department, Dr David did not report for duty at his usual time on Friday morning. He said he sent a staf...