Two SSLC students, who were to appear for the board examinations beginning March 25, died in separate incidents. While one met with an accident, another allegedly ended his life. Another student died after feeling ill during the exam.
Ummai Khulsum, 16, of Jambaraghatta in Bhadravati taluk, was waiting to catch a bus at Vittalapura on March 24 evening when she was hit by a car. She died on the spot.
In another case, Parasuhram Babu, 16, was found dead in his residence at Yadehalli in Sagar taluk on March 25, hours before the SSLC examinations began. Babu belonged to a family that had migrated from Dandeli in Uttara Kannada. He was a student of Karnataka Public School at Yedehalli.
