In second such incident in Tamil Nadu and fourth since the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance (NEET) results were declared, a 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her home in Trichy after failing to make the cut. Subashree was rushed to the hospital where doctors failed to revive her. Her father informed the doctors that he found her hanging from the ceiling in her room.
Subashree secured 24 marks out of 720 in the NEET exam this year and had been depressed, Kannan, her father said. The cut off for open category candidates this year is 119.
When he returned home from work on Wednesday night, he found his daughter to be visibly disturbed. He tried to cheer her up, but Subashree rushed to her room and locked herself.
DMK leader MK Stalin offered his condolences to the family on Twitter and blamed the NEET for "killing another child".
some poisonous substance, but was saved. Astalakshmi, daughter of a labourer, had secured 37 marks in the NEET exam.
Subhashree's death comes days after 19-year-old Prateebha, daughter of a construction labourer in Viluppuram district, reportedly committed suicide on Monday for not getting enough marks in NEET.
Pravar Mehandirata, 20, allegedly jumped off the eighth floor of a building in Delhi's Dwarka on Tuesday. A suicide note was found in his room in which he reportedly confessed to lying to his parents about his NEET score. A dupatta with a knot resembling a loop was also found on the bed in his room, police said.
The state had earlier obtained the President's nod for exemption from NEET. The centre, however, opposed it and since last year NEET became mandatory in Tamil Nadu.
Less than 40 per cent of the students who had appeared for NEET in Tamil Nadu has been able to clear the examinations this year, far less than Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
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