Eight students, including six girls, allegedly committed suicide in five districts of Madhya Pradesh after the results of the Class 10 and 12 Madhya Pradesh board examinations were declared on Monday.
While four students were from Class 10, an equal number were those who had appeared for the Class 12 exams, they said, adding that two girls, who attempted suicide, are undergoing medical treatment.
While some of these students failed to clear their examinations, others took the extreme step as they had not fared as per their expectations.
Bhopal, Sehore and Bhind districts saw two student suicides each, police said, while one student each ended their lives in Ujjain and Chhatarpur districts on Monday.
Besides, two girls allegedly attempted suicide in connection with the exam results in Chhindwara and Damoh districts yesterday.
Anuradha Rajawat (17) consumed poison at her residence in Nayapura area of Bhind district yesterday night and ended her life after failing her Class 12 examinations, informed additional superintendent of police Gurukaran Singh.
Swati Bhadoriya (18) also failed her Class 12 examinations following which she committed suicide yesterday night in the district's Kirtpura area by consuming poison, Singh added. Shivani Badhai (17), a Class 12 student who failed in the board examination, hanged herself at her house in Shanti Nagar locality of Khajuraho town in Chhatarpur district, Inspector Prashant Mishra said.
"Bhavna Raikwar (17) hanged herself in the kitchen of her house in Bhoipura locality in Bhopal for failing the Class 10 exams on Monday," said Talaiya police station inspector Karan Singh.
Similarly, Class 12 student Karan Kande (20) jumped off the sixth floor of a building in Bhopal's Koh-e-Fiza, before the results were announced, as he feared that he would fail in the exams, another police inspector said.
Unfortunately for Kande, his premonition turned out to be true, with his friends claiming that he could not pass the exams.
Vinay Sharma (16), a Class 10 student, allegedly hanged himself in Mahidpur locality of Ujjain district after he failed in five subjects.
In Sehore, two girls--Neha Chouhan (17), a resident of Amlaha village and Kiran Singh (16), a resident of Nasrullaganj area, allegedly committed suicide at their respective residences as they fared poorly in the class 10 exams, police said. While Chouhan hanged herself, Singh ended her life by consuming poison.
In Damoh district, Puja Ahirwar (18), who failed her Class 12 examinations, tried to end her life by consuming poison at her residence in Rasuli. She is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Similarly, 17-year-old Nithi Sharma, a resident of Chandamate area in Chhindwara district, allegedly attempted suicide by hanging but survived and was rushed to Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra for treatment.