Engg student hangs self, had failed in three papers

Police said Asmika was alone at home after her mother left the house at 6.45 pm to drop her younger daughter to dance class.

ROHIT ALOK
A 19-year-old student of K J Somaiya College hanged herself at her home in Malad East on Thursday evening, hours after she learnt she had failed in three subjects in her third-semester engineering examination, police said.

Asmika Musani, a second-year engineering student, was found hanging by a dupatta from the ceiling fan at her home at 8 pm by her father Firoz Musani, the police said. “Asmika is suspected to have taken her life since she didn’t fare well in her exams,” Subhash Dafle, senior police inspector, Kurar police station, said. No suicide note was found. A case of accidental death has been registered at the Kurar police station.

“She was fine the previous day. If only she had shared with us what she was feeling, this tragedy would have been averted,” Musani said.

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According to Asmika’s friends, she had checked her results on her college computer around 4:30 pm on Thursday. Her father said she reached home around 6:30 pm and went directly to her room.

Police said Asmika was alone at home after her mother left the house at 6.45 pm to drop her younger daughter to dance class.

According to family and friends, Asmika was academically bright, scoring more than 85 per cent in HSC and more than 90 per cent in SSC exams.

A friend recalled Asmika had been shocked after seeing her results online on Thursday. “I was sitting next to her at that time. When the website showed she had failed in three subjects, she was shocked. She had never failed before,” said Piyush Agarwal, a classmate. “She left college with other friends and they parted ways at Dadar railway station at 5.45 pm,” said another classmate.

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Ramesh Karandikar, Vice-principal of K J Somaiya college of Engineering at Vidyavihar said it was a sad moment for the college.

rohit.alok@expressindia.com

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