18-year-old commits suicide fearing failure in exams

Fearing failure in Class X Board examination, an 18-year old student committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at his Purana Nagar slum residence under Govindpura police station on Thursday. According to the police, victim’s brother Naresh spotted Harish Valmiki hanging from the ceiling and rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.

Subsequently, the hospital authorities informed police and after preliminary investigation, the body was sent for the post-mortem. The family members claimed that the deceased had last year failed in the class X examinations and this year, he had opted to take class X examination as a private candidate, but his exams did not go well due to which, he used to remain depressed for the past few days and later, committed suicide on Thursday. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.

Meanwhile, a 45-year-old woman, who sustained burn injuries at her Shanti Nagar residence under Govindpura police station area on Wednesday, died while undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital on Thursday. The deceased Fatima Bee sustained severe burn injuries after her clothes caught fire while cooking and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Her condition further deteriorated after which, she was transferred to Hamidia hospital where she died on Thursday. Deceased used to live with her son, who was at work when the incident occurred.

The deceased sustained more than 70 per cent burns. During the investigation, police found that deceased sustained burn injuries accidentally. The police have registered a case under section 174 of CrPC and have started further investigation.