An 18-year-old first year engineering student committed suicide by hanging herself at her college hostel room near Madukkarai on Thursday afternoon.
According to police, P Mahalakshmi was a first year BE (electrical and electronics engineering) student of Karpagam College of Engineering in Madukkarai. She hailed from Dharmapuri.
She did not go to attend the class on Thursday morning and was staying alone at her hostel room.
When her roommates returned in the afternoon, they found the room door locked from inside. There was no response when they knocked at the door.
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When they peeped through the window, they saw Mahalakshmi hanging with a dupatta tied to the fan.
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Immediately, the staff of the college broke into the room and brought the girl down. But the girl was found dead. Madukkarai police rushed to the spot and the body was sent to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for post-mortem.
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