A 17-year-old medical aspirant allegedly died by suicide in his rented accommodation in Rajasthan's Kota, police said on Thursday.
This is the twelfth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January. The number of student suicides in Kota stood at 26 in 2023.
Bihar native Hrishit Kumar Agrawal, a student of Class 12, was preparing for NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) at a coaching institute here, Dadabari Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Shambhu Dayal said.
He lived in a rented room in a building in Chota Chaurahin Dadabari area where some other coaching students also resided, he said.
At around 1 pm on Thursday, the other students informed police after the student did not open his door when they knocked, he said.
When a police team broke open the door, they found him inside his room, he said.
No suicide note was recovered from Hrishit Agarwal's room, the police official said.
The body was in a decomposing state. It is suspected that he died by suicide sometime on Wednesday, he said.
He was preparing for the medical college entrance exam and taking coaching for the same in Kota for the last two years, Dadabari circle inspector Naresh Kumar Meena said, adding that the boy's parents have been informed.
The body has been sent to MBS hospital for a post-mortem, which will be conducted after the arrival of his parents, he said.
On June 16, another Bihar native, Ayush Jaiswal (17) died by suicide inside his PG room in Kota. He was preparing for the IIT-JEE competitive exam.
An 18-year-old NEET aspirant, Bagisha Tiwari, allegedly died by suicide in the coaching hub, a day after the National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the NEET-UG results, in which she scored 320 out of 720 marks.
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