Thiruvananthapuram: A senior resident doctor with the Department of General Medicine of The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthpuram, was found dead in a rented apartment at PT Chacko Nagar, Ulloor here on Tuesday. The deceased is Dr Abhirami Balakrishnan, 30, a resident of Vellanadu. She is the daughter of Balakrishnan Nair and Ramadevi, and had got married four months ago.

According to police, she locked herself inside the room after having lunch. Her flatmates forced open the door and found her lying unconscious on the bed. She was rushed to the medical college where she was declared brought dead.

The police recovered a syringe and a suicide note from the room. The room has been sealed. Her body was shifted to the medical college mortuary. The police suspect that Abhirami died of drug overdose.

She was married to Dr Pratheesh Raghu, a resident of Ramankulangara, Kollam. The Medical College police registered a case under section 174 of CrPC for unnatural death and have begun a probe.