Bengaluru college student dies in hospital days after ingesting rat poison

Bengaluru: A college student from Bengaluru, who had consumed rat poison, died at a hospital on Saturday, officials said.

Police said the deceased, 22-year-old Swarna, a MSc student at a city-based college, consumed rat poison last week at her hostel and boarded a bus to her native Chikkaballapur.

She was moved to the hospital in a semi-conscious state, where she succumbed after a week.

The High Grounds police have registered an Unnatural Death Report (UDR) and initiated a probe. Further probe is underway. Preliminary probe indicates that the girl was distressed over a recent family tragedy.