Turned away for being 4 minutes late, UPSC aspirant hangs himself
After being turned away from a Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) examination centre for being four minutes late, 28-year-old Varun Subhash Chandran went home and hanged himself.
Chandran was originally from the town of Kumta in Karnataka and had been living in Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar for the past year. His father is a retired government officer.
On Sunday morning, Chandran was to appear for UPSC’s preliminary written exam. By mistake, he went to the wrong exam centre. When he reached the correct one, Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in Paharganj, it was 9.24am. The admit card issued by the UPSC says no candidate will be allowed entry to the examination hall after 9.20 and so, Chandran was turned away.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Chandran went home to his rented room in Rajinder Nagar. Police said one of his friends tried to contact him but he did not answer her calls. Worried, she went to the house but found it locked from inside. An officer said that Chandran’s friend then alerted the landlord and other friends. Police said they received a distress call from the landlord.
The police control room received information at 5.55 pm on Sunday evening. A police team came and broke down Chandran’s door, only to find him hanging from a fan in his room.
The body was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where Chandran was declared brought dead.