Mangaluru, Dec 10: Within hours after Central government announced its decision to decriminalize attempt to suicide, an engineering student in Moodibidri on the outskirts of the city, committed suicide.
The police identified the deceased as Pavan Acharya alias Silent Pavan, son of Vasudeva Acharya from Chikkamagaluru district.
Pavan was a third year engineering student at Dr M V Shetty Institute of Technology, Thodar, Moodbidri. He had rented a small house near Kerebasadi Gopalakrishna Temple.
On Wednesday afternoon, a neighboring woman noticed Pavan's body inside a well of water near his house. She immutably informed local residents who in turn called police and fire service.
The body was later fished out and shifted to a hospital for postmortem. The family of the deceased was also informed about suicide by the police.
Even though the exact reason for suicide is not known, it is suspected that the examination pressure drove him to take the extreme step.
A case has been registered at jurisdictional Moodbidri police station.
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