Distressed over their poor performance in Class XII examination, two students committed suicide in the capital separate incident on Monday.
A 17 year old girl committed suicide in South Delhi's Chattarpur area, disappointed with her result. The deceased has been identified as Vaishali. The girl was depressed after seeing her result. "A PCR call was received at 1:25pm. The parents reported the incident to the police. The girl was found hanging from ceiling fan" said a police official. The incident came to light on Monday afternoon. The girl with her friend had gone to the school to check her result. She secured 54 per cent marks, while her friend had scored 80 per cent after which she got depressed. Vaishali entered her house and told her parents that she passed the examination. She entered her room and hung herself with her dupatta.
Vaishali was a student of a Government School in Chattarpur. Her father Surendra Sharma is supervisor at a private firm. In another incident a 17-year-old committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan. The deceased has been identified as Mahek. "The parents were informed by the neighbours after they spotted her body hanging. A suicide note was recovered from the spot in which she apologised to her parents" said a police official.