Udupi: A 18-year-old student who failed to clear the second year exams committed suicide by hanging at her residence on Monday, April 15.

The deceased, Prajna, a resident of Nadumane village in Hebri was a student of Brahmavara Board.

It is suspected that she took the extreme step as she did not clear her Kannada paper. Her mother and grand-mother were at home at the time of the incident.

Hebri police registered a case.