Odisha girl dies by suicide; blames ragging by college seniors in last note
India Today
The first-year student of Plus-III Arts with History honours was found hanging inside her room, sparking apprehension that she ended her life due to ragging by seniors.
A 19-year-old student of a prestigious college here allegedly died by suicide in her hostel on Saturday, sparking apprehension that she ended her life due to ragging by seniors, police said.
The first-year student of Plus-III Arts with History honours was found hanging inside her room in the ladies' hostel, Deputy Commissioner of Police Prateek Singh said.
The police found a suicide note in the room, in which she said she was mentally harassed by three seniors of the college.
However, she did not name any one and it is not known whether the three are boarders of the hostel.
Though people know that there was no ragging in the said college, the three senior students were "ragging and harassing me", she mentioned in the suicide note addressed to her father.
The student, who was also preparing for the All India Civil Service examination, also said in the note that she was unable to concentrate on her studies due to the "harassment".
College principal Niranjan Mishra said that he was not aware of any ragging incident in the college and the deceased had not made any such complaint.
