{"id":109527,"date":"2025-03-26T09:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=109527"},"modified":"2025-03-26T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:24:44","slug":"neet-aspirant-dies-by-suicide-in-rajasthans-kota-9th-such-case-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=109527","title":{"rendered":"NEET Aspirant Dies By Suicide In Rajasthan’s Kota, 9th Such Case This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 17-year-old medical aspirant allegedly hanged himself from an iron rod in his hostel room in Kota’s Jawahar Nagar area on Tuesday, police said.<\/p>\n
This is the ninth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January.<\/p>\n
Harshraj Shankar, a native of Bihar’s Nalanda district, had been preparing for the medical entrance exam in a coaching institute here since April last year, they said.<\/p>\n
After being informed by the hostel caretaker that this afternoon that the boy had bolted the door from inside and was not responding, a police team reached the spot, Jawahar Nagar SHO Ramlaxman. The team broke open the room door and found the boy hanging to an iron rod, he added.<\/p>\n
The ceiling fan in the hostel room was equipped with “anti-suicide devise”. So, the NEET aspirant arranged an iron rod to hang himself, the police said.<\/p>\n
No suicide note was recovered from the spot, the SHO said, adding that the body has been shifted to the mortuary of a hospital and a post-mortem would be conducted after the arrival of his parents who have been informed.<\/p>\n
A probe is underway.<\/p>\n
This is the ninth student suicide this year that took place in the city famous for its being a coaching hub. Six coaching students — five JEE, one NEET — killed themselves in January alone.<\/p>\n
Seventeen coaching students died by suicide in Kota in 2024.<\/p>\n
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