Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Nov 22: Jiji Jacob (21), a seventh semester student of Srinivas Institute of Technology here, ended her life by hanging herself from the ventilator of her hostel room, on Sunday November 21. She had hung herself on Saturday evening, and her end came in a hospital on Sunday morning.

Reportedly, Jacob, daughter of M I Jacob from Yedavannam in Malappuram district, Kerala, was nervous about fast approaching examinations.

The student was alone at her room on Saturday evening, as her two roommates were on a visit to railway station to book their tickets. She used a bed sheet to hang herself from the ventilator of the bathroom. Her roommates, who came back, saw the door of the room bolted from inside. As their shouts for opening the door failed to yield any result, the door was broken open with the help of security staff. After finding the girl fighting for her self inside the bathroom, they shifted her to a private hospital in the city. The student breathed her last at around 11 am on Sunday.

The parents of the girl, who came to the city, said that their daughter, who had successfully completed her previous semester examinations, had told them over phone on Saturday that her studies for the examinations, which were to begin from Monday November 22, were not yet complete. After post mortem, her body was handed over to the parents.