Class XII student commits suicide

Relatives of 18-year-old say he wanted to get admission in a Singapore-based university but was worried about his board exam results

Class XII student commits suicide

Relatives of 18-year-old say he wanted to get admission in a Singapore-based university but was worried about his board exam results

With his father as a successful hotelier, many would say Yashwardhan Pokhliyaar needn't have worried too much about his future. But the 18-year-old had his own aspirations and seeing dark clouds hovering over them he decided to take the extreme step on April 23.

Here and now: The rented accommodation of Yash in south Delhi.
Pic/Imtiyaz Khan

The class XII student of Delhi Public School, RK Puram committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his rented accommodation in Malviya Nagar area of south Delhi. His family says he was concerned about his board exam results.

Yash was living with his elder sister, a student of fashion designing, for the past two years. His mother had come to meet him for a few days. Mother and daughter had gone to a nearby market for shopping when Yash took the extreme step.

"At around 5 pm they came back home and found the door locked from the inside. They called Yash several times but he didn't open the door. They then called their relatives who live in south Delhi area. The relatives broke open the door and discovered Yash hanging from the ceiling of the gallery of the house. At around 8 pm, three hours after the incident, the family came to the police station to inform the cops about the suicide," said a senior police official. Cops said he was rushed to AIIMS where he was declared brought dead.

Police said that according to his family member's statement Yash had planned to go Singapore for further studies. But the university he had chosen had eligibility criteria of 95 per cent marks in class XII. Yash was worried as he could not do well in one of his exams. He was worried about it and this could be the reason behind his suicide.

Police officials said that a suicide note in the form of a poem was found. "He has expressed his grief in a 15-line poem. It's like the song from the Bollywood movie 3 Idiots: "Give me some Sunshine". We have recovered it from the rear pocket of his trousers," said a senior police official.

Family members told the police that Yash had recently purchased a rope from the market which he used to hang himself. Yash was a bright student. He scored 91 per cent in his class X exams when he was a student of Doon School, Dehradun. He got admission at DPS RK Puram in the science stream two years ago. Yash's father Bachchan Singh is a famous businessman and owns several three-star hotels in Hrishikesh.

Last words
According to a police official, this was the poem in Yash's suicide note:Today it comes to an end
Hoping for none
And intend hope
I will end this by knife
Or
Hanging by a rope
Guided by unseen hand
Let me land into no man's land