Teen kills self over admission

Updated on: 23 June,2010 08:28 AM IST |
Manjunath L Hanji |

A 16-year-old girl killed herself by consuming poison last night over not getting admission in the college of her choice.

A 16-year-old girl killed herself by consuming poison last night over not getting admission in the college of her choice.

M Yashaswini of Koramangala took the extreme step after having an argument with her parents last night; she died at 2 am this morning.

Yashaswini had passed her SSLC with distinction (75%) and wanted to join Jyoti Nivas College at Koramangala, where her friends were also going.

When she told her parents, they refused, due to financial constraints.

Last morning, Yashaswini was speaking to her friend over phone at an STD booth, which her mother didn't approve of.

She scolded her and said she would deal with her after returning from work in the evening.

However, that was not to be, as Yashaswini consumed Metacid last evening. When her brother returned from school and saw her, he called the neighbours, who took her to Bowring Hospital, where she died at 2 am.

Her uncle Rangaswamy said, "She is a rank holder in SSC and wanted to join Jyoti Nivas College but her parents are too poor to send her there."

Her father Manjunath said, "We have only one daughter and we loved her very much. We are poor but provided her with all that she needed.
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She wanted to join Jyoti Nivas College but we couldn't afford it. The greatest tragedy in my life is that she died before me."

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