New York : Police were searching for clues on the motive behind the suicide by a young Andhra Pradesh medico who was found dead in Pennsylvania in the US and said investigations so far pointed that it was not a case of murder.
After six hours of probe, the investigators said Akkaldevi Srinivas, 29, whose body was found in a pool of blood with wounds to his neck on Saturday last, committed suicide. The coroner is also understood to have said that Srinivas had ended his own life.
Srinivas, who hails from Korutla in Karimnagar district, cut the vein of his neck, sources told PTI, adding, this could explain why the body was found in a pool of blood and guided early reports that it was a case of stabbing.
Srinivas was an intern in a hospital in Scranton town but Scranton State University said he was not their student.
Sources said a suicide note was found but declined to reveal the contents citing ongoing investigations.
The victim's family in Andhra Pradesh, which was informed by friends about the tragedy, had earlier said that Srinivas was stabbed or shot dead.
The medico's father was on his way to the US to claim the body and the Indian Consulate officials in New York said they were ready to give all assistance needed by the family.
An MBBS student of 1995 batch of Gandhi Medical College in Hyderabad, Srinivas had come to the United States for higher studies after completing his MS.
Meanwhile, about 50 people, mainly residents from the Scranton-Temple Residency Programme(STRP) at Mercy hospital attended a memorial for Srinivas at a funeral home where his body was kept.
In December, two PhD students from AP were shot dead at Louisiana state university. A research student from Jharkand was also shot dead in North Carolina last month.