Two aspirants of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test died by suicide in their hostel rooms in Rajasthan’s Kota in a span of 24 hours.
In the first incident, an 18-year-old medical aspirant from Udaipur allegedly died by suicide in his hostel room in Vigyan Nagar Police Station area in Kota on Tuesday morning, the police said.
The teenager, preparing for NEET, allegedly hanged himself sometime in the intervening nights of Monday and Tuesday, they said.
However, no suicide note was recovered from the hostel room, police added.
This is the 13th case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota this year. In 2022, at least 15 cases of suicide by coaching students were registered in Kota.
The deceased boy was identified as Mehul Vaishnav, a resident of Salumbar in Udaipur district, had been preparing for NEET in a coaching institute in Kota for the past two months. He was living in a hostel in the Vigyan Nagar area.
Vaishnav was alone in his hostel room as his roommate was away that night. When he did not come out of the room till late Tuesday morning, others in the hostel informed the caretaker, who broke the door open and found the boy hanging from a ceiling fan.
The body was shifted to the mortuary at MBS hospital.
His post-mortem will be conducted after the arrival of his family members, circle inspector at Vigyan Nagar police station Devesh Bhardwaj said.
In the second incident in the same city, the body of a 17-year-old NEET aspirant was found hanging in his hostel room in Kota, the police said on Wednesday.
This is the second suicide by a coaching student here in the span of 24 hours.
Circle inspector at Vigyan Nagar police station Devesh Bhardwaj said the teen was identified as Aditya Seth, a resident of Jaunpur city in Uttar Pradesh, was found hanging in his PG room in Sector – 2 of the area on Tuesday night.
A class 11th student, Seth was preparing for NEET in a coaching institute for the last two months and living in a PG room, he said.
The police also recovered a suicide note from his PG room, wherein, the deceased claimed that he ended his life out of his own wish and that no one else was responsible for his action, Bhardwaj added.
Seth's parents, who reached Kota early Wednesday morning, told the media that Aditya was good at studies, adding that he would speak to them over the phone on a daily basis, but never shared that he was distressed.
His elder brother, who is now an engineer, also studied in Kota, they said.
This is the 14th case of suspected suicide by a student in Kota – the coaching hub of the country – this year. In 2022, at least 15 cases of suicide by coaching students were registered in Kota.
The police handed over the two bodies to their respective family members on Wednesday morning and lodged separate cases under section 174 of Cr. P.C. for the investigation to ascertain the actual reason for death.
