The deceased has been identified as Veena Poojary, daughter of Narasimha and Ganga Poojary couple. She jumped into a well near his house, source said.
It is learnt that the 18 year old girl resorted to extreme step after learning that she had failed in one of the six subjects.
She was a student of arts stream in Government Junior College, Kundapur.
College sources said that though she had scored 387 marks out of 600 hundred, in English she had secured only 18 marks.
Expressing shock over the incident, college principal Subrahmanya Joshi said that he had never imagined that such a brilliant student, who was very much active in extracurricular activities could take such an extreme step.
A case has been registered at jurisdictional Kundapur police station and investigations are on.
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