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Lover arrested in mysterious death of RG Kar medical student

Kolkata, Sept 14 (UNI) A couple of days after the mysterious death of fourth-year RG Kar Medical College student Anindita Soren, police have arrested her partner Ujjwal Soren.
Ujjwal, a student of Malda Medical College, was detained yesterday night and after hours of questioning was formally arrested today morning as the prime suspect.
Anindita, a 24-year-old junior doctor from Balurghat in South Dinajpur, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Friday. Police initially suggested she might have consumed poison, but her family alleged that she was murdered.
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