Unable to clear job interviews, woman dies by suicide
Trigger warning: This story contains suicide related content
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CHENNAI: Dejected by not being able to clear job interviews, a 20-year-old woman died by suicide by jumping off the 5th floor of her hostel in Sholinganallur on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Lehari Alias Mahima of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, an engineering graduate.
Investigations revealed that two months ago Mahima had reached Chennai in search of a job and was staying in a room on the fifth floor of a private hostel in Sholinganallur in OMR. Mahima applied for jobs in many companies and attended many interviews. However, she could not pass through the face-to-face interview.
Police said for the past two days, Mahima had been dejected over not being able to clear the interview and not stepped out of her room. On Sunday around 11 pm, Mahima jumped from the hostel building and in an attempt to die by suicide.
Onlookers and security officers rescued Mahima and rushed her to the nearby private hospital. Police said that she was admitted to the ICU but had died without responding to treatment on Monday morning.
The Semmenchery police sent the body for post-mortem to Royapettah government hospital and have registered a case. Further investigation is on.
