Boy Who Died By Suicide In Kota, Was Heard Weeping At Night, Say Cops
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The police said that the teen was heard weeping in his room post-midnight on Monday. He was also skipping classes. But no one apparently asked him what the problem was.
Ankush Anand, one of the three students who died by suicide on Monday in Rajasthan's Kota -- the city which feeds the engineering and medical institutes of the country through its famed coaching centres -- was apparently mentally disturbed or suffering from depression.
The police said that he was heard weeping in his room post-midnight on Monday. He was also skipping classes. But no one apparently asked him what the problem was. "Had that happened, had any of the children took the time to talk to him, maybe this could have been averted," said Kesar Singh, the city police chief.
Kota, the high-pressure crucible, witnessed 14 suicides by students this year.
The city, whose coaching institutes draw students from across India, however, spends little time or care on them. Once in town and enrolled in a coaching institute, the students are pushed into a gruelling schedule, where they study for 15 hours a day and are racked with guilt for sleeping an extra hour.
