India, Feb. 14 -- A 26-year-old trainee doctor was found dead on Thursday in her hostel room at the MJN Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, police said.

The trainee doctor, a resident of Bihar's Begusarai district, was pursuing a medical internship at the state-run MJN Medical College and hospital after clearing the bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) examination.

Police said that, prima facie, it appeared the man died by suicide. He was found hanging in the hostel room. However, his family alleged that he was murdered.

Based on a complaint lodged by the deceased's father, police have registered a murder case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita (BNS) on Friday.

"We have registered an FIR u...