HYDERABAD: In a series of tragic events following the announcement of Intermediate results, as many as eight students took their own lives on Wednesday, while one more student attempted suicide, and one left home to return later.
This brought the total number of exam-related student suicides to 10, including the deaths of M Prajwal on Tuesday and G Krishna in April.The distressing trend of student suicides has been attributed to fears of low marks and academic failure among students who faced disappointment in their Intermediate examinations.
Among the reported cases, six were recorded across the three police commissionerates within Hyderabad, while the remaining incidents were documented at the BDL police station in Sangareddy, Kothakota in Wanaparthy, and Medipally in Jagtial district.
A case under Section 173 of the CrPC was registered by the Raidurgam police after Shanti Kumari, a first-year Intermediate student, jumped from the fifth floor of a building. Despite being rushed to a nearby hospital, she succumbed to her injuries.Ambati Haritha, a second-year student and resident of Punjagutta, hanged herself, allegedly being depressed over the result.
Revanth Kumar, a resident of Vinayaknagar, Neredmet, took his own life by hanging following his failure in one subject. Meanwhile, in Vanasthalipuram, 17-year-old V Gayathri ended her life at her residence in Hasthinapuram after failing in her Intermediate exams. However, her sister cleared the same exams.
In two separate incidents, Gowtham Kumar and Jahnavi, both second-year Intermediate students, were found hanging in their homes at Saifabad and Santoshnagar, respectively.In Sangareddy’s BDL police station limits, a girl named Bhavani, who had failed all subjects in her second year of Intermediate studies, went missing on Tuesday. However, she returned home on Wednesday, following which the search operation was called off.
Kothakota in Wanaparthy reported two distressing incidents. A first-year Intermediate student named Naveena hanged herself after discovering her low marks, while another first-year student, 16-year-old Navya, attempted suicide by consuming All Out liquid.Meanwhile, Boddupalli Abhishek (18) was found hanging in the Medipally mandal headquarters in Jagtial district. He was an Intermediate first year student of Alphores Junior College.
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