BENGALURU: A 21-year-old B.Com student committed suicide, by hanging himself at his house in Peenya II stage near Rajagopalnagar, on Saturday. The police suspect that he was upset at having failed in two subjects in his exams. The deceased has been identified as Mounesh S, a native of Shivamogga. He was studying in his B.Com final year at a private college.
The police said that the incident took place in the early hours of the morning when he was home alone. His parents, who found him, alerted the police. No suicide note was found, but his parents told the police that Mounesh was depressed after failing his exams last year. He failed again when he re-wrote the exams. The parents added that he did not have any other problems.
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