Bihar Student Dies by Suicide in Karnataka As He Was Afraid of Ongoing Exams

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The second-year BSc student took his own life by jumping from the roof of a six-storey building on the college campus at Manipal University

A 20-year-old student died by suicide at Manipal University in Karnataka because he was afraid of the ongoing exams in the college, reported news agency ANI. The second-year BSc student took his own life by jumping from the roof of a six-storey building on the college campus.

The deceased, identified as Satyam Suman, was a native of Bihar. He was studying BSc in the allied health department at Mahe University. A video capturing the moment has also gone viral on social media platforms. The incident caused distress among students who witnessed the tragic event.

A case was registered by the police last Saturday in connection to the incident.

In a recent case, the body of a 16-year-old IIT JEE aspirant was found on Monday night stuck between two trees on a rock in a forest area in Rajasthan’s Kota, police said. The student had left his hostel for a routine test on February 11 and went missing. He was last spotted in CCTV footage near the Garadiya Mahadev temple forest on February 11, reported PTI. The deceased, identified as Rachit Sondhya, was a resident of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh. He was found in the forest near the Garadiya Mahadev temple, Superintendent of Police (Kota City) Amrita Duhan had said.

While in another incident, a BTech student who had been receiving treatment for depression for the last three years allegedly hanged himself in his house in Ambedkar Nagar here. According to police, the youth called his father, an engineer posted in Alwar, about his intention to commit suicide on Sunday, following which the latter asked neighbours to check on his son. Police said the matter came to light in the evening after the father reached their house.

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