The youth, identified as Ankush Kapai was suffering from some illness and accidentally took an overdose of medicine at his residence in Resham Ghar colony here last evening, they said.
He was shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in an unconscious condition where he died during his treatment, police said.
After conducting postmortem, the body was handed over to his relatives for last rites, they said, adding a case has been registered and further investigations underway.