A 17-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide on Saturday by jumping off the fifteenth floor of a building in the eastern suburb of Bhandup, police said.
A first-year student ended her life after jumping off from an open passage near the lift on the 15th floor of Dreams building in Bhandup West, an official said.
"Her parents said she received a scolding from her father on Friday overstudies. However, we are probing the exact cause of death. She was rushed to hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival," he added.
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