A first-year pharmacy student at MSU (Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda), Mohona Mondal from Bangladesh, was found dead at her apartment. Police recovered a note in her notebook.

Mohona Mondal had arrived in Vadodara four months ago in September 2024. Initially, she stayed at the MSU hostel. However, after two weeks, she moved to a rented place at Narmada apartments, Raopura, as she was unable to adjust to the hostel environment.

The semester exams began on Tuesday. One of her classmates had collected her admit card, but Mondal did not appear for the exam. After the examination ended at 2 pm, the classmate called a friend of Mondal to inquire about her whereabouts. The friend was also unaware of her location. Several attempts to contact Mondal were in vail, as she did not answer her phone.

In the evening, Mondal’s parents contacted her friends, expressing concern as they were unable to reach her. Around 10 pm, Mondal’s friends went to her apartment, which was locked from the outside.

Suspecting something was wrong, they broke the lock and discovered that Mondal's body hanging from the ceiling fan.

The friends immediately informed faculty members and the police. The Raopura police took Mondal to SSG Hospital, where a postmortem was conducted.

During the preliminary investigation, a note was found in her notebook. It stated, “What I am doing, I am doing because I want to do it. There is nobody who forced or influenced me. Finally…”

When questioned, her friends informed the police that Mondal had expressed difficulties in understanding the coursework and was under immense academic pressure.

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