- By Kamal Kumar
- Sat, 03 Aug 2024 05:28 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Delhi UPSC Aspirant Suicide: Four civil services students lost their lives due to the system's apathy in Delhi in two separate incidents in the last month. The incidents shook the nation to the core, evoking a sharp emotional outburst among other aspirants. Now, another such incident came to light involving the suicide of a young UPSC aspirant, who could not handle the massive pressure of civil services preparation and decided to end her life after her battle with depression and exam pressure.
Anjali, a Maharashtra native, was residing in the same Old Rajinder Nagar where three other UPSC aspirants lost their lives. She had committed suicide days before the Rau's IAS flooding incident took place. Anjali wrote her last letter before the act, addressed to her parents, the suicide note revealed the emotional and mental stress which she endured during her preparation in Delhi.
In her note, which should be enough to stir the conscience of the society, Anjali wrote how she underwent depression due to the massive pressure during civil services preparation. She also detailed the exploitative practices being run in the name of PG and rented accommodation in the so-called civil services preparation mecca.
The Maharashtra girl apologised to her parents in the letter, telling them how she was stuck with the problems and there was no peace in her life.
"I am sorry, mummy and papa. I am really fed up with life right now. There are just problems and issues and no peace. I need peace, Anjali wrote.
"I tried every possible way to get rid of this so-called depression, but I can't overcome it. My mental health is not improving... You have supported me, but I cannot heal until I help myself... So I just want to go happily now and be in peace," she further wrote in her last letter.
But that was not all, the 26-year-old further asked her parents to donate her organs to the needy. Her letter also highlighted how rampant malpractices and paper leak are impacting the mental health of the aspirants. In her letter, Anjali demanded the government to enact reforms in recruitment exams to reduce the scams and paper leaks, the India News reported.
One of her friends, Shweta said that Anjali had given three attempts at the coveted exam and could not clear it, adding further that she was also under severe pressure due to the increasing financial pressure as rent in the area was growing every few months.
Meanwhile, the Delhi police said that they were investigating the case.
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