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Delhi: A 17-year-old student committed suicide after failing in the JEE examination

Delhi: A 17-year-old student committed suicide after failing in the JEE examination

A 17-year-old student committed suicide
Image source: INDIA TV A 17-year-old student committed suicide

In a tragic accident, a Class 12 student from Delhi’s Jamia Nagar committed suicide by jumping from a building. According to the leaked information, the deceased 17-year-old girl took her own life because she was upset over failing the JEE exam.

About the event

The CCTV footage shows a boy nearby talking on the phone. Suddenly, a girl falls from above, surprising him, and a crowd quickly gathers at the scene.

After the incident, a suicide note was found at the scene. In it, the girl allegedly mentioned her disappointment over failing the JEE exam, writing, “Sorry, I couldn’t do it.”

Local residents, while narrating the incident, said that the girl had become depressed since she failed in the JEE exam.

IIT Delhi student commits suicide

In another tragic incident in Delhi, a 21-year-old student of IIT Delhi committed suicide by hanging himself from a fan in his hostel room. Police said the incident took place on Tuesday evening and no suicide note was found in the room of the deceased, identified as Kumar Yash.

A senior police officer described the incident, saying, “On Tuesday, around 11 p.m., a call was received at the Police Control Room (PCR) informing that an IIT student had committed suicide in room number D57 of Aravali hostel. An employee was immediately dispatched to the scene. The room was locked from inside, so Kumar’s friends and IIT staff broke the window to enter. The student hanged himself with two towels that his friends and staff cut to knock him down.”

Officials noted that Kumar, a resident of Deoghar in Jharkhand, was undergoing psychiatric treatment. They also mentioned that he visited the IIT hospital on Tuesday.