Ex-KU student ‘kills self’ for not getting govt job

A former student of Khulna University allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a mess near the university on Friday night as he failed to get a government job, reports UNB.

The deceased is Saikat Ranjan Mandal, son of Krishna Mandal, from Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira and was a student of fisheries and marine resource technology (2009-2010 session).

Saikat had been living in the mess house near the campus since completion of his university education in 2016.

Nasir Khan, officer-in-charge of Harintana police station, said locals spotted the body of Saikat hanging from a ceiling fan in his room around 9:00pm as the window of the room was open and informed the police.

Later, police recovered the body breaking into the room around 12:30am on Saturday.

Police also recovered a 'suicide note' left near the body.

The alleged suicide note reads that he got upset as he was not getting any government job even after submitting applications one after another for the past few years.

Though his two friends have already joined the public service, he could not get one, the 'note' adds.

Saikat was deeply frustrated which perhaps prompted him to commit suicide, said the OC adding that a BCS examination book was found near his body.