The UPSC student who killed himself had reportedly been preparing for the exam for a long time
Highlights
- Varun, a student from Karnataka, was not allowed inside an exam centre
- He was not allowed inside the centre in Delhi allegedly as he was late
- Following this, the 28-year-old student allegedly hung himself
Denied entry to the UPSC or civil services exams on Sunday, a 28-year-old student allegedly hung himself in Delhi.
Varun, a student from Karnataka, was not allowed inside an examination centre at Paharganj in north Delhi, allegedly because he was late. He killed himself inside a room he rented at Rajendra Nagar, the police said.
The police have found a suicide note in which Varun reportedly apologised to his family and begged them to forget him.
He had reportedly been preparing for the exam for a long time.
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UPSC or Union Public Service Commission conducted the preliminary exams for civil services across the country yesterday. The police say Varun had been upset when he was turned away from the exam centre.
The building in central Delhi's Rajinder Nagar where the UPSC candidate Varun killed himself
One of his friends, who also took the exam, told the police that she kept calling him but couldn't get a response all day. Alarmed she finally went to his home to check on him. He didn't open the door.
When she peered through the window, she saw Varun hanging from the ceiling fan and called the police.