The 26-year-old doctor posted at Handwara sub-district hospital was found dead inside the bathroom of her house at Iqbal colony near Shaliteng this afternoon, Station House Officer of Parimpora Police Station Inspector Mohiuddin told PTI.
He said preliminary investigations suggested that the doctor had apparently committed suicide by cutting her throat with a sharp edged weapon.
"She was reportedly perturbed after her engagement was broken recently. We are further investigating the case", the officer said, adding, the doctor was alone in her home when she took the extreme step.
In another incident, a 13-year-old girl hanged herself at her Shopian residence in south Kashmir, a police spokesman said.
The girl was found by her relatives hanging inside a room and was rushed to Shopian district hospital where she breathed her last, the spokesman said.
The motive behind the suicide was not known immediately.