Depressed over father's death, college girl commits suicide

Mangalore, September 15: While a 12 year old allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Bangalore for being reprimanded by her father for poor academic performance, a fatherless student chose the same mode of suicide for a different reason altogether - blaming her fate for not having a doting and reprimanding father.

Rachana Jain, the first year BCom student of SDM College, Ujire took the extreme step on Monday night, pining for her father, Jagatpal Shetty, who passed away a decade back due to ill health.

In her suicide letter, Rachana wrote in Kannada with English script: Sorry nanna friends' kastha and maneyavara kastha, mane hathrdavara kastha nodi nanninda yenu maaodoke agtha illa antha bejaru. Iste. Berenu over aagi think maadbedi. Yelrigu yenadru ondu reason iruthe. But nange without reason. Pl keep smiling. I hate me.'' And the note ended with sad smiley. (I cannot bear to see the difficulties of my family and neighbours. Don't think anything more. Everybody (probably to commit suicide) may have a reason, but I have none.) Belthangady Sub Inspector Yogish Kumar has her diary and is studying it.

Rajat Kumar, elder to her by six years is shattered. A computer instructor in an institute, is in disbelief that he little sister who used to be so lively with them could do this. She was well provided. Our life was simple. We used to notice that when her other friends told her about their father reprimanding or doting she used to feel a lot. But she did not express it with me, but she used to do with my mother (Suhasini). Sometimes she used to cry alone,'' said Rajat to TOI, who lost his father in 2000.

May be my father, who was very loving, left a lasting impression on the eight year old girl, which could not be erased and she lived in her own world with her father. But outwardly it was not evident. She was an average student who wanted to do her MBA and she valued friendship,'' he said.

On Monday, she invited friends for lunch and night as usual she slept late at midnight, after he studies, never to wake up again.