PTI Mar 29, 2012, 06.52PM IST

LUCKNOW: Apparently depressed over failing in his physiology paper, an MBBS student of the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University on Thursday allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming a poisonous substance.

Neeraj Kumar, an MBBS student of 2010 batch, was found unconscious in his hostel room this morning after which he was rushed to the Trauma centre, where his condition was stated to be stable.

The students, who secured admission in the reserved category had alleged caste bias in the campus claiming that they were deliberately failed. Kumar was also a student in the reserved category.

Kumar, a gold medalist of his batch in the anatomy discipline was not able to move to the second year because he has been repeatedly failing in his physiology subject since 2010.

His batchmates said that he was upset after not being able to pass the physiology paper.

University vice chancellor D K Gupta had written to the Medical Council of India last asking for permission to pass students of reserved category who could not clear their first professional exams for several years.

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