Bikaner, Oct 25 (PTI) A nursing student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her hostel room in Bikaner district of Rajasthan on Monday, police said.

The 22-year-old girl named Ayush (22) was a resident of Kotputli area of Jaipur and a student of final year in the Government College of Nursing, they said.

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She hanged herself from the ceiling fan in her room, they said.

Before taking the extreme step, she called her brother and friends who informed the college administration, police said.

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The body was shifted to a mortuary for post-mortem examination, police said.

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