A total 10,159 students committed suicide in 2018 in India, highest number ever in the category, according to the latest data by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). While the number of students committing suicides has been surging year after year, it is important to understand the enormous distress among the students across the country, who are currently part of a collective movement against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). As per the ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2018’ report released by the NCRB, the total number of suicides has surged by 3.6% to 1,34,516 in 2018 from 1,29,887 in 2017
— source newsclick.in | 11 Jan 2020