A 17-year-old girl of Uthamarkoil on the outskirts of Tiruchi committed suicide on Wednesday night allegedly dejected over her failure to clear medical entrance examination, NEET.
According to the police, Subashree, daughter of Kannan, was found hanging in one of the rooms in her house late on Wednesday. She was rushed to a private hospital but was declared brought dead.
Subashree was said to have been depressed over the past two days apparently due to her failure to clear the entrance exam, police said. Further investigations are on.
She is the second student to commit suicide in Tamil Nadu due to failure in NEET this year. Prathiba of Villupuram committed suicide after reportedly failing to crack NEET.
Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the State’s health helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050.