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PhD student kills self to 'dissolve soul in eternity'

Staff Reporter

A 29-year-old PhD student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan at her residence in Sanjay Nagar area in Ghaziabad on Friday night leaving behind a suicide note, said police officials on Saturday. “Goddess invited me...I am leaving this physical mass in the eternity,” she wrote in the suicide note.

The deceased, identified as Rukmani Sharma, a resident of Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh, was living in Sanjay Nagar with her husband Rohit Rai and pursuing PhD from Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology located at Sultanpur area.

According to police officials, she committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her bedroom. A PCR call was made at 10 pm informing police about the incident, said officials. “When her cook found the door locked from inside, she informed the neighbours who further called police,” said officials.

A team of police officials broke open the door and found Sharma hanging from the ceiling.  “She was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead,” said the officer while stating, “She used ‘Mata ki Chunni’ (tippet) to hang herself.”

Also, police recovered a suicide note from her possession that stated, “Away from the world there exists an eternal love …Now time has come to dissolve in that eternity. I am following mother Goddess wish, the body will die but soul will not… soul has to dissolve in the eternity.” Sharma, in the suicide note, also stated that nobody abetted her for this step and asked her family members not to cry on her demise.

“We are verifying the suicide note. In the meantime the dead body has been sent for post-mortem” said SP City Salman Taj Patil.