{
  "id": 6218969,
  "title": "Thane Student Suicide: 17-Year-Old With 95.7% In Class 12 Dies By Suicide After IIEST Shibpur Admission Setback",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thane-student-suicide-17-year-old-with-95-7-in-class-12-dies-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T02:47:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/thane-student-suicide-17-year-old-with-957-in-class-12-dies-by-suicide-after-iiest-shibpur-admission-setback"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thane: Tragically, a 17-year-old student, with an impressive 95.7% score in his Class 12 science exams, took his own life after being denied admission to his desired institute. The victim, who lived in an upscale housing complex on Ghodbunder Road, sent a distressing message to his family via WhatsApp expressing his intention to end his life. Police revealed that the teenager jumped from the 22nd-floor refuge area of a residential building on Friday evening (September 4) before anyone could stop him. He had recently appeared for the entrance exam and had secured 10,474th rank, falling short of admission into the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, Kolkata. His family, residing in the same upscale housing complex, immediately alerted the Kasarvadavali Police Station upon discovering his switched-off phone and severely injured body near his apartment. Authorities found no evidence of foul play and concluded it as an accidental death, attributing it to academic pressures.",
  "summary": "Thane: Apparently distressed over not able to secure admission in the higher education institute of his choice, a 17-year-old student, who secured 95.7 per cent marks in his Class 12 science exams, committed suicide in Thane city, police said on Monday. Also Watch: The teenager, whose family resided in an upscale housing complex in Hiranandani Estate on Ghodbunder Road, sent a message to his…",
  "key_points": [
    "17-year-old Thane student dies by suicide after IIEST Shibpur admission setback.",
    "Secured 95.7% in Class 12 exams, ranked 10,474th for IIEST Shibpur.",
    "Body found near apartment on September 4, police rule out foul play."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The student's death highlights the devastating impact of academic pressure and the cutthroat competition for top engineering institutes on the mental health of high-achieving students.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Thane Teen With 95.7% Marks Dies By Suicide After College Admission Failure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/thane-teen-with-95-7-marks-dies-by-suicide-after-college-admission",
        "published": "2026-09-08T04:35:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}