Rajkot: A 17-year-old class 12 student allegedly committed suicide at her home, fearing that she would not get enough marks to secure admission to medical college.
The student was found hanging in her house in Oscar Residency near Ayodhya Chowk in the city on Sunday evening.
A science student, the girl left behind a suicide note, police said, in which she expressed her fear that she would not be able to score high enough in future exams to pursue medical studies. She took the extreme step while her parents were away. After being found unconscious, she was rushed to the civil hospital where doctors declared her dead.
University police have registered an accidental death.
According to police sources, the note read: “Mom, please forgive me, I cannot fulfill your dream of becoming a doctor.” University Police seized the note for investigation.
The deceased’s father is a businessman. She was said to be depressed due to the stress of her studies and her worries about not being able to become a doctor led to her suicide, the sources said.
Rajkot: A 17-year-old class 12 student allegedly committed suicide at her home, fearing that she would not get enough marks to secure admission to medical college.
The student was found hanging in her house in Oscar Residency near Ayodhya Chowk in the city on Sunday evening.
A science student, the girl left behind a suicide note, police said, in which she expressed her fear that she would not be able to score high enough in future exams to pursue medical studies. She took the extreme step while her parents were away. After being found unconscious, she was rushed to the civil hospital where doctors declared her dead.
University police have registered an accidental death.
According to police sources, the note read: “Mom, please forgive me, I cannot fulfill your dream of becoming a doctor.” University Police seized the note for investigation.
The deceased’s father is a businessman. She was said to be depressed due to the stress of her studies and her worries about not being able to become a doctor led to her suicide, the sources said.