Weakness in English language reason behind suicide: Father of deceased

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Weakness in English language reason behind suicide: Father of deceased

Wednesday, 24 April 2024 | Staff Reporter | BHOPAL

Weakness in english language hampered her medical studies leaving her in deep depression claimed father of Medical student of Chirayu college who committed suicide by hanging wiht the ceiling at hostel on Monday.

"My daughter had come to Bhopal with the dream of becoming a doctor and had taken admission for medical studies 10 months ago. She was very happy on this day but everything ended within 10 months. We are taking his dead body to our home in Khargone," said Devi Singh father of medical student Rani More, who committed suicide at Chirayu Medical College on Monday.

Devi Singh More said that we live in Lavkush Colony, Khargone. I am a teacher in a government school. I have two daughters and two sons including Rani. Rani's schooling was from Hindi medium. She was always top in the class in school. 10 months ago, Rani had taken admission in Chirayu Medical College. She came to Bhopal with the dream of becoming a doctor.

After admission in college, everything went well for some time. Daughter was always very intelligent in studies. But, due to weak English, her performance started falling short of expectations. She often talked about this. For this reason she was in depression for the last four months.

Father Devi Singh said that his daughter was very serious about her studies, but her performance in college had started deteriorating. She often said that because the course was in English, she could not understand many things. Many times one has to face embarrassment regarding this. Studying medicine in English is very difficult.

Devi Singh last spoke to his daughter on Sunday. Even then the daughter did not mention any problem. She was talking normally. In connection with the conversation regarding studies, he had mentioned the problem due to the syllabus being in English. Rani never mentioned having any kind of problem in college.

In the suicide case of Rani More (22), a first year MBBS student at Chirayu Medical College, the postmortem of the body took place at Hamidia Hospital at 11:30 am on Tuesday. PM was conducted in the presence of her father and other family members who came from Khargone.

Police investigation so far has revealed that the medical student was weak in English. Since the entire syllabus was in English, she was not able to understand anything. Her performance in studies had deteriorated. She started living under stress. Rani often mentioned this while talking to her father Devi Singh.

Head constable Om Prakash Ahirwar, who is investigating the case, said that father Devi Singh had told in his statements that his daughter had studied in Hindi medium. She was feeling difficulty due to the syllabus being in English. Police said that the student's room in the hostel has been searched twice. Suicide note has not been found.

Rani More, a first year MBBS student studying at Chirayu Medical College, Bhopal, committed suicide by hanging on Monday. Her body was recovered by the police from the hostel room at 11:30 am on Monday. Rani lived in room number 14 of the girls hostel of the college. Like every day, she went to the room on Sunday night.

When she did not leave the room till 11 in the morning, the warden went to check. Despite calling several times, there was no response from inside. Then the warden informed the staff. The carpenter was called and the door of the room was broken. Inside, the body was hanging on a noose made of a scarf with the help of a fan. After this the matter was informed to the police. Khajuri Road police station staff sent the body to hamidia Hospital.

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