Class 10 girl commits suicide after failure in exam

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

A girl allegedly committed suicide at her house in area here after failure in CBSE Class 10 examinations, police said today.

The girl identified as Khushboo first slit her wrist and then hanged herself yesterday, the police said, adding that she was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead.

She had failed in Mathematics and Science and was upset about it. No suicide note was found, they added.

Her parents iron clothes for a living.

Two other students had also allegedly committed suicide for not scoring good marks in the Class 10th CBSE board examination in separate areas of yesterday.

The two students, (17) and (15), had scored 59 per cent and 70 per cent marks respectively and were unhappy about not scoring well, they added.

The Central Board of (CBSE) declared the Class 10 board exam results yesterday. The overall pass percentage was 86.70.

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First Published: Wed, May 30 2018. 15:05 IST