Bhatkal: A student of Bcom at Sri Guru Sudhindra College, Bhatkal, committed suicide by hanging herself to the roof of her house at Shirur in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district on 15th August, Thursday.

The deceased is Shruti, aged 19.

It is learnt that Shruti was an average student and was getting scolded by her mother asking her to concentrate on studies regularly. It is alleged that fed up with the continuous pressure to study, Shruti decided to take an extreme step.

A case has been registered in Shirur police station.