GMERS 3rd year MBBS student jumps off hostel terrace, dies
Ahmedabad: A 20-year-old MBBS student of GMERS medical college in Gandhinagar, unable to bear the pressure of exams has allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the terrace of her hostel. The incident occurred on Saturday morning at 8 am.
The deceased has been identified as Aastha Panchasara, a third-year MBBS student at the college.
According to her suicide note, addressing her parents she stated that the reason behind her suicide is that she gave her second-year examination on Friday which did not meet her expectation.
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She only had her grandfather, Vasudev Panchasara look after her as her parents live in Dubai. Her grandfather is a retired civil engineer who lives in Gandhinagar.
While speaking with TOI, Sector 7 inspector Dharmendra Chaudhari said, "We found a note in English from her hostel room no. 907. It began with the word 'sorry'. She wrote that she was killing herself as she could not take the pressure of studies."
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