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A bachelor of engineering (BE) first-year student of a government college in Indore died by suicide on Thursday afternoon after being allegedly mocked as a Hindi medium student, police said.
The police have made the claims on the basis of a suicide note they recovered in which the victim has stated that she studied till class 12 in a Hindi medium school and after she got admitted at an engineering college she was “mocked at college” many times. Police said the student, took the extreme step after she failed in five subjects during her first semester.
“The female student left a note which said that she failed five papers of the first semester as she couldn’t understand English and was mocked for being a Hindi medium student,” said Kamlesh Sharma, town inspector, Tukoganj police station.
Police said that she did not go to attend classes, saying she does not feel well, however, later in the day, her roommates found her hanging from the ceiling fan.
“They informed the incident to the college administration, and the police were called,” Sharma said.
The family members of the deceased have been informed and her body has been sent for the postmortem, said police.
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