Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Jan 9: A college student reportedly attempted suicide by drinking petrol in the classroom when the girl with whom he was in love rejected him.
The incident occurred at Koteshwar First Grade College on Wednesday, January 8.
An academically bright student of first year BSc at the college was in love with his classmate. However the girl was not interested. He gave her a two-page letter threatening to commit suicide if she refused him. She rejected him and did not respond to his letter either.
The student, who got upset, reportedly brought half a liter of petrol and drank it in the classroom. student next to him pulled the bottle from his hands and threw it out.
A professor and the students rushed him to Koteshwar primary health center. However, as there were no facilities for treating such cases, the doctors there advised them to take him to Kundapur taluk hospital. He is said to be recovering.
The Bhatkal-origin student was staying at his relative’s house in Kodi.