Girl commits suicide after failing in tenth exam

New Delhi, May 30 (UNI) A government school student today committed suicide in South Delhi after failing in the class X board exam, the second such incident after the results were declared yesterday.

Sixteen-year-old Tagri Mandal, student of a government school in R K Puram in South Delhi, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her room at her residence Munirka at 1130 hrs, police said.

The girl has left a suicide note which said '' I am ashamed of facing any one after failing in class X exam.'' Tagris's father Narayan Mandal is an employee with a private firm in Noida while her mother is a domestic servant.

This is the second incident of a student committing suicide after failing in class X exam.

Earlier, a boy committed suicice in outer Delhi after scoring less marks than his friends in class X exam.

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