Girl kills self as boyfriend dumps her on Facebook

Unable to bear public humiliation 23yearold student of IIM Bangalore hangs herself experts say its high time colleges trained youngsters on how to cope with breakups in todays eenvironment With a 23yearold Indian Institute of Management IIM Bangalore student committing suicide after her boyfriend quietly dumped her by updating his status on a social networking site the need to discuss the minutiae of Facebook breakup etiquette has become more pressingOf late incidents of couples washing their dirty linen on social networking sites have risen in the city Malini Murmuu00a0committed suicide yesterday after her boyfriend announced their breakup on Facebook The case of Malini Murmu a first year MBA student at the IIMB has only gone on to prove that the growing trend of people rushing to update their Facebook status immediately after a breakup may prompt their partners to take the extreme stepAccording to relationship experts and psychologists even sordid tales of lost love are being made public on these social networking sites which is a disturbing trendu00a0Colleges and institutes should come forward to tackle this virtual menace gripping their campus and hold discussions with students on whether one should delete pictures of his ex after splitting upu00a0Is it OK to unfriend your last girlfriend if you cant stop looking at her profile And is it ever ethical to change relationship status to single without notifying the person you are dumpingLove gone awryAfter Malini had a fight with her boyfriend she locked herself up in her hostel room On noticing her absence from class her close friends went to see what was wrongDespite knocking repeatedly at the door to room no 421 there was no response from her sideGripped by panic the students informed the security guards who broke open the door only to see her body hanging from the ceiling fanA case of abetment to suicide was filed at the Mico Layout police station and the investigations began She had not attended any classes that day and it seems like a case of disappointment in love She had just returned from Delhi and had a fight with her boy friend a certain person called Abhishek In her suicide note found on her laptop Malini mentioned that the boy had shouted at her and used foul languageu00a0This seems to have prompted her to take the extreme step said Police Inspector Mohan Kumar of Mico Layout police stationThe investigating officer explained the reason behind the suicide Her boyfriend also put up a status message on Facebook stating Feeling super cool todayu00a0Dumped my new exgirlfriend Happy Independence Day This embarrassment forced her to end her life Her body has been handed over to her parents and will be airlifted to Ranchi said SubInspector Mirza Hali of Mico Layout police stationThe institution however has maintained a very discreet stand on the matter Malini Murmu 23 hailed from Jamshedpur and was found dead in her hostel room Malini came to IIMB last June having worked at Infosys after completing her BTech from KIITu00a0We have lost a bright young person in the prime of her life On behalf of the entire IIMB community Professor Pankaj Chandra director has conveyed the deepest distress on behalf of every member of the community to Malinis parents family and friendsu00a0The Bangalore police are investigating what appears to be a case of suicide said N Bringi Dev head Communication IIMBRelationship psychologists conducting counselling sessions at schools and colleges to avoid such incidents say institutes have to change their attitude towards such problems and be frank enough to discuss the matter with students Cases of breakup through social networking sites are increasing by the day in Bangaloreu00a0With relationships starting and ending on Facebook youngsters do not realise that public embarrassment often may drive people to kill themselves said Rathna Jain a relationship psychologistAnother psychologist said We should teach them about breakup etiquette and how they can move on in life and still stay friends on Facebook sharing niceties on the social networking sites And to help youngsters envision what a healthy split might look like they should be informed how several celebrity couples managed amicable breakupsThe breakup of Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz was healthy because theyre still friends and were able to costar in a movie together