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18-year-old kills self over poor rank in medical exam
NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old MBBS aspirant killed herself at her south Delhi residence on Wednesday afternoon.
NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old MBBS aspirant killed herself at her south Delhi residence on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident was reported from Pushp Vihar area.
Police said the girl was upset at having not scored good marks in her medical entrance exam and secured the 1,833rd rank.
Her name had not figured in the first counselling list due to which she had not got admission in any of the good medical colleges, police said. No suicide note was recovered.
The woman, Sitara Trishna, was found hanging from a ceiling fan of her flat where she lived with her parents and two siblings. Trishna’s father is a section officer in Sashastra Seema Bal.
A senior police officer said that on Wednesday, Trishna’s parent left home around noon to go visit a doctor’s clinic. Around 1.30 pm, Trishna’s father called her on her mobile phone, but she did not respond.
“When their repeated calls went unanswered, Trishna’s parents panicked. They then called their neighbours and asked them to check on their daughter,” said the officer.
The neighbour went to the flat on the first floor and found it locked from inside. In the meantime, Trishna’s brother returned home from school. A neighbour then somehow climbed on to the balcony of the flat and peeped inside Trishna’s room and saw her hanging.
The neighbour raised an alar m and Trishna’s parents were informed about the incident. By the time, they returned home, another neighbour had called the police control room. The police broke open the room’s door and Tishara was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead on admission. Her body was later sent to AIIMS mortuary for autopsy, police said.
The police are questioning Trishna’s parents.
