Karwar: A II PU girl who was supposed to take board examinations from Friday, committed suicide on Thursday at Karwar.
The deceased has been identified as Lakshmi Netravati Gorkar (18), a resident of Mallapur village of Karwar Taluk.
Lakshmi, hanged herself in the kitchen of her house, when the parents were out for their daily wage work, police said.
The reason behind the suicide is said to be the academic pressure and Lakshmi’s non-preparedness for the board examination that were beginning on Friday.
A case has been registered at Mallapur police station.
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Noida (PTI): A 24-year-old BTech student from Bihar was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday, with police treating it as a suspected case of suicide.
The deceased, Akashdeep, a native of the Gaya district in Bihar, was pursuing a BTech course at Delhi Technical College (DTC) and staying at SNH Residency hostel near the institute in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park area, police said.
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Knowledge Park police station in-charge Sarvesh Chandra said the student was sharing the hostel accommodation with a friend. "On Tuesday evening, when Akashdeep did not come out of his room for a long time, the hostel staff and his friends alerted the police," he said.
The body was found hanging from the ceiling fan, and a purported suicide note mentioning academic pressure and stress was recovered from the spot, Chandra said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, and further investigation is underway, the police added.
