Pune: 19-year-old dies by suicide after failing HSC exam, say cops

A 19-year-old student allegedly died by suicide soon after getting to know that he had failed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam. Another 30-year-old man was injured in the incident and has been hospitalised, the police said.

According to the police, the student lived with his family in Kothrud and studied in a prominent college in Karve Road. The incident took place around 1 pm. The HSC results were announced around noon.

Inspector Mahendra Jagtap, in-charge of Kothrud police station, said, “Primary probe suggests that the student killed himself after he checked his HSC exam result and came to know he had failed.”

Police said that the student’s father is a cook at an eatery and his mother works as a househelp. The injured person has been identified as Shekhar Lahu Lonare (30), a resident of the same neighbourhood.