Two Class-X students, a girl and a boy, committed suicides at two different places in Kendrapara district before knowing about their results which were published on Wednesday.
Barsarani Sahu, a resident of Balipada village under Ward-8 of Pattamundai police station, committed suicide by hanging herself at her room after she got wrong information that she failed in the examination. Later she was found to have passed in Grade E division.
Barsharani, a daughter of Brahmananda Sahu, was studying in the Kasanianta based Panchayat High School.
On Tuesday, a 15- year-old boy, Soumya Ranjan Pradhan, of Kodapalla village under Patkura police station had too committed suicide by hanging himself at his room.
Soumyaranjan, a son of Naresh Pradhan, was a student of Naindipur High School.
While the exact reason behind his death was yet to be ascertained, police suspect that Soumya Ranjan might have committed suicide due to depression relating to Matriculation examinations.