Brahmanbaria: A girl who failed in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Mayrampur village in Bancharampur upazila on Sunday night.

The deceased is Mim, 15, daughter of Md Selim Miah and she appeared in the examination from Dhariarchar Haji Omar Ali High School.

Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Bancharampur Police Station, said Mim committed suicide at night by taking poison as she could not bear the pain of failure in the examination.

On information, police recovered the body.