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Delhi college student dies by suicide at Rajouri Garden mall
A 19-year-old woman, a third-year BA student at Aryabhatta College, died by suicide on Saturday after jumping from an upper floor of a mall near Rajouri Garden Metro station in Delhi. Police…
The Story in Brief
A 19-year-old woman, a third-year BA student at Aryabhatta College, died by suicide on Saturday after jumping from an upper floor of a mall near Rajouri Garden Metro station in Delhi. Police said a head constable on patrol found her body near the Mall of Rajouri and alerted the station.
Officers recovered a handwritten suicide note stating she acted of her own volition. Her family told police she had been suffering from depression since her mother's death in 2021. Police have initiated proceedings under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and said no foul play is suspected.
The Indian Opinion
This tragic incident has sparked two lazy narratives online. One blames academic pressure in elite colleges, but police cited depression over a personal loss, not studies. The other paints malls as unsafe spaces, yet this was not a crime but a personal act. Both sidestep the real issue: mental health support. Before rushing to blame institutions or places, ask: did the student have access to counselling? That question, not finger-pointing, honours her memory.
Source: timesnownews.com
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