JEE aspirant from Bihar dies by suicide in Kota, 13th incident this year
The Hindu
A 16-year-old engineering aspirant allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan inside his PG room in Kota, police said.
A 16-year-old engineering aspirant allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan inside his PG room in Kota, police said on July 4.
This is the thirteenth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January. The number of student suicides in Kota stood at 26 in 2023.
Sandeep Kumar Kurmi, a native of Bihar’s Nalanda district, was taking coaching for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) in Kota for the last two years and lived in a paying guest (PG) room in Mahaveer Nagar - III, the police said.
At around 7 a.m. on Thursday, the teen’s classmate went to his room. When he did not get any response, he peeped through the window and found Kurmi hanging from the ceiling fan, Mahaveer Nagar SHO Mahendra Maru said.
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Kurmi’s classmate informed the PG caretaker who then informed the police, he said.
According to the SHO, the student died by suicide on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.