Bengaluru: PU student kills self after being pressured to study well

Bengaluru: An 18-year-old PU student died by suicide on the outskirts of Bengaluru after his parents asked him to focus on studies, police said on Wednesday.

The boy was a resident of Kodihalli in Kanakapura, Bengaluru South district. Originally from Chamarajanagar, his father runs a bakery in Kodihalli, police said.

He was studying commerce at a local PU college.

"Due to the exams approaching, his parents had told him to focus on studies and reduce mobile usage," a police investigator said.

On Tuesday, after classes ended, he went to the second floor of his college around 4 pm and jumped. He suffered grievous injuries and was taken to hospital, where he died, police said.

An Unnatural Death Report (UDR) has been registered, police said.