'Sab maya hai': Unable to get job, 24-year-old MPSC aspirant dies by suicide in Pune, leaves note

Swapnil Lonkar, 24 years of age, died by suicide at his home in Pune on Wednesday. He had been unable to secure a Maharashtra Public Service Commission job despite having passed the prelims exam.

Swapnil Lonkar, a resident of Hadapsar area of Pune, died by suicide at his home on Wednesday. The 24-year-old was preparing for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) examinations. He had cleared the prelims exam but had not yet secured a job as the process was postponed due to the pandemic. As per information provided by a senior police official in Hadapsar, Lonkar’s father owns a printing press in Shaniwar Peth area of Pune. Both parents went there on Wednesday for work, as they go every day. His sister too had gone out for some work that day.