Kota pupil suicide: A 20-year-old pupil getting ready for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission in undergraduate engineering programs, allegedly died by suicide in Kota district of Rajasthan, police stated. He allegedly hung himself from a ceiling fan in his PG room.
The deceased, recognized as Abhishek, was a resident of Madhya Pradesh’s Guna. He had been getting ready for the JEE at a training institute in Kota since May final yr. Abhishek resided in a PG lodging situated within the Dakaniya space underneath the jurisdiction of Vigyan Nagar Police Station in Kota.
No suicide observe discovered
Vigyan Nagar Police Station SHO Mukesh Meena stated, “Abhishek (20), a resident of Guna in Madhya Pradesh, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his PG room. The deceased youth had been preparing for JEE-Mains at a coaching institute here since May last year.”
The SHO stated that they obtained data on this regard round 7.45 pm on Wednesday following which the police personnel rushed to the spot. He additional stated that the deceased’s physique has been stored within the hospital mortuary and autopsy can be carried out after the arrival of his members of the family, who’ve been knowledgeable of the tragedy.
The SHO additional stated that no suicide observe was recovered from the PG room and the rationale behind this excessive step by the youth is but to be ascertained.
Second suicide case in 24 hours
It is the second case of suicide by a training pupil inside 24 hours in teaching hub Kota as one other JEE aspirant from Haryana, recognized as Neeraj (19), was discovered hanging from a noose in his hostel room late Tuesday night.
Neeraj, a pupil of Class 12, had been getting ready for the JEE at a training institute in Kota and lived in a hostel in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Circle Inspector Budharam Jat stated.
According to the police official, the coed allegedly dedicated suicide by hanging himself to the hook of a ceiling fan in his hostel room late Tuesday night. However, the incident got here to gentle round 10.30 pm when the caretaker knocked the room and didn’t obtain any response, he added.
50 per cent decline in pupil suicides in Kota: DM
The Kota district administration claimed that there was a 50 per cent decline within the variety of suicides by college students in 2024 as in comparison with 2023 on this teaching hub of Rajasthan recognized for getting ready college students for IIT-JEE entrance exams.
However, no particular breakdown of the numbers has been supplied by the officers.
“In comparison to last year, the suicide rate among coaching students has decreased by 50 per cent this year, which is a significant figure in terms of the efforts yielding results. We expect this trend to continue in the future,” Kota Collector Ravindra Goswami stated on December 29, 2024.
Kota witnessed 17 instances of suicides by teaching college students in 2024, in comparison with 26 such instances in 2023, as per studies.
(With PTI inputs)
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