Teen ends life

BENGALURU: A 14-year-old student ended her life by jumping from a seventh-floor apartment in Soladevanahalli on Thursday. She left a suicide note in which she stated she took this extreme measure as she did not perform well academically. The deceased is Sameeksha Deshmukh, a class 9 student in a private school at Hesaraghatta. A senior police officer said: “At 6.30pm, Sameeksha went to the terrace on the seventh floor and jumped. She was rushed to a hospital where she succumbed,” he added. 

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