Depressed over low score in Class-10, Nashik girl kills self
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Apparently not satisfied with her Class 10 marks, a 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in Nashik. Sakshi Eknath Bendkule, a resident of Panchavati, hanged herself at her house yesterday afternoon, hours after the declaration of the results of the Class 10 exams of the Maharashtra Board. Bendkule, a student of a local school, cleared the Class 10 exams by obtaining 56% marks.
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The girl's family is in a state of shock
Soon after she came to know her marks, the teenager went to a room and hanged herself. Her father Eknath Bendkule said the family members were satisfied with Sakshi Bendkule's result and they had even congratulated her for clearing the exams held in March. Sakshi Bendkule's marks were below her expectations and this may have led her to take the extreme step, he said.