Ghaziabad: A Class X student died after she allegedly jumped from the 15th floor of her home in Siddharth Vihar on Tuesday. A note recovered from her room cited extreme pressure over studies, police said.Police said on the first page of the note, she wrote, “Only doing this because of academic pressure. I don’t blame anyone. I blame myself. I love you mummy papa.” The 16-year-old was a student of a private school.ACP (Kotwali) Upasana Pandey said the security guards and several residents had heard a thud around 7pm on Tuesday. When they checked, they found the girl lying in a pool of blood and immediately informed police. A police team rushed the girl to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her dead.“We received a two-page suicide note. We are also examining her call details and mobile phone. We have sent the body for autopsy and reports are awaited. The note has been sent for handwriting matching. No complaint has been made by the victim’s family members,” she said.President of Parent Association in Ghaziabad Vivek Tyagi told TOI academic pressure on students has become a serious concern. “Children are not just studying anymore. They seem to be constantly preparing for the next test, assessment, project or examination. The system has increasingly become a grilling process, where there is very little time to simply be a child,” he said.He added in the past, the academic calendar was comparatively less exam-driven, with major examinations at the end of the term or year. “Today, students are assessed continuously, leaving them with the feeling that they are always studying for something,” he said.In another incident, a 16-year-old domestic staffer died by suicide at her employer’s house in Kavi Nagar on Wednesday.ACP (Kavi Nagar) Abhay Rajendra Daga said, “Around 8 am, we were informed about the incident. Immediately, a police team reached and sent the body for autopsy. Forensic teams also called for the investigation and both reports are awaited.”The girl had been working as a 24×7 helper at the Kavi Nagar house for the past year and she would get to work early, around 7 am daily, the employers told the cops. However, on Wednesday, when she did not come out of her room by 8 am, the family went to check on her and found her hanging.The ACP said, “We have sent her mobile phone for investigation and no suicide note has been found from her room. We are also checking her call details.” No complaint has been registered so far in this case too.
