Odia student attempts suicide in Agra hotel

Sambad English Bureau Published On : May 1, 2014 at 11:24 PM Updated On : May 1, 2014 at 11:48 PM

Agra, May 1

A 19-year-old student from Odisha Thursday attempted suicide at a hotel here after failing to win over his girlfriend, police said.

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Rajat Ranjan, a fashion technology student from Bhubaneswar, tried to burn himself after pouring petrol on his body.

Police personnel from Rakabganj police station rushed after a luxury hotel called to say that a tourist had tried to kill himself.

Ranjan was rushed to the S.N. Medical College Hospital, where he received treatment for burns.

Police said he wrote a suicide note expressing his frustration but blamed no one. The man also sketched his girlfriend’s picture on a wall of the hotel room.

(IANS)