Mumbai
(ANI):
As
20
people
have
committed
suicide
over
the
past
18
days
in
Maharashtra,
claimed
Bollywood
actor
salman
khan.
He
said
it
is
a
matter
of
great
concern
and
parents
need
to
talk
to
their
children.
"If
every
year
there
are
ten
kids
committing
suicide
(in
a
week
on
average),
it
is
a
thing
that
will...
can
happen
to
you
as
well.
It''s
something
to
worry
about.
We
think
that
it
won''t
happen
to
us
but
how
do
you
know,
if
it
happens
tomorrow
then
what
will
we
do.
So
before
it
happens
it's
better
that
parents
sit
and
talk
to
children,
advice
them
that
they
should
study
but
at
the
same
time
they
should
say
that
if
it''s
not
happening,
if
you
don''t
pass
then
it''s
okay,
it
will
happen
next
time." said
Khan.
Khan
advised
kids
to
do
things
in
which
they
had
a
genuine
interest.
"I
told
the
kids
that
you
should
do
things
you
are
interested
in.
And
I
told
them
that
you'd
be
successful
in
the
field
only
if
you're
interested
in
it,"
he
added.
As
per
the
counsellors,
possibly
the
pressure
by
the
parents
in
copying
the
success
of
the
intelligent
ones
is
forcing
youngsters
to
take
such
extreme
step.
Psychiatrists
are
also
trying
to
come
with
a
strategy
to
tackle
the
surge
in
students'' suicides.