17-Year-Old JEE Aspirant Dies By Suicide Over Not Cracking Engineering Exam, Leaves Note

The Class 12 student reportedly left a suicide note that asked her parents to forgive her for not being able to crack the JEE.

“Yesterday, at 11:25 hrs, a PCR call regarding a girl aged 17, jumping off the roof of the 7th floor of a building in Okhla main market was received at PS Jamia Nagar. She was preparing for JEE after clearing the 12th class. She has left a suicide note citing study pressure and not meeting expectations as a reason. Proceedings under 194 BNSS are underway,” the Delhi Police said.

The incident took place only three days after  a second year Master’s student from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, allegedly died by suicide late Tuesday night. According to police, the student had visited the IIT hospital earlier that day and had been undergoing psychiatric treatment.