New Delhi: Nine students died by suicide in Andhra Pradesh after results of Class XI and XII exams were declared on Wednesday by the Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Examination. Two other students are said to have attempted suicide. Ten lakh students appeared for the exam. The pass percentage in Class XI was 61, and 72 per cent in Class XII, according to reports.
A student from Srikakulam district killed himself by jumping in front of a train, a 16-year-old girl died by suicide at her residence at Trinadhapuram under Malkapuram police station limits, an 18-year-old ended his life by hanging at his residence in the Kancharapalem locality of Visakhapatnam, a girl student killed herself by jumping into a lake, while a boy died after consuming a pesticide. Yet another 17-year-old student hanged himself to death at his residence in Anakapalli.
