Maharashtra Child Development Project officer ends life over missed UPSC chance

latur: a 36-year-old child development project officer allegedly committed suicide in maharashtra's latur after missing his last opportunity to appear for the union public service commission (upsc) exam, police said on monday.the deceased, ramdas shrirame, a resident of mukhed tehsil in nanded, was found dead on sunday in a lodge in latur.“shrirame had told his family he was travelling to amravati for training, but instead checked into a lodge here. when he did not open his room door on sunday, staff alerted police. on breaking it open, he was found hanging,” an official said.a suicide note recovered from the room stated that he was taking the extreme step after losing his last upsc attempt. he also requested that his death not be reported in the media to avoid demoralising aspirants preparing for competitive exams, the official added.shrirame had earlier cleared the maharashtra public service commission (mpsc) exam and was appointed as a group 'b' child development project officer. he had completed four months of training in nagpur and had recently received his posting order for amravati.police have registered a case of accidental death and further investigation is underway.