2 students die by suicide in Kota hours after taking test; 24 deaths this year
Rajasthan,Aug 28:Two NEET aspirants died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota hours after taking a test on Sunday. Twenty-four students have died by suicide in Kota this year.
The students were identified as 18-year-old Avishkar Shambaji Kasle and a second-year student, Adarsh Raj.
According to the details, Avishkar jumped off the sixth floor of the coaching institute minutes after he wrote a test, at nearly 3.15 pm.
The institute’s staff rushed him to a hospital but he succumbed on the way. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed at the premises.
A few hours later, Adarsh Raj, a native of Bihar, who had also written the test, hanged himself in his rented flat at around 7 pm. It was believed he feared achieving low marks in the test and hence, took the extreme step.
A native of Maharashtra’s Latur district and a Class 12 student, Avishkar was preparing for NEET UG in the city for three years and was living in a rented room in the Talwandi area with his maternal grandparents.
His parents are government school teachers in Maharashtra.
Commenting on the incident, a police official confirmed Avishkar died after falling off the sixth floor of the coaching institute.
The second student, Adarsh, used to stay with his cousins, also preparing for competitive exams, police told PTI. He was reportedly breathing when he was taken down but succumbed on the way to hospital.
According to the police, no suicide notes were recovered from either of the students’ rooms.
Further investigations were underway and the bodies of both the students will be sent for postmortem on Monday.
Meanwhile, District Collector OP Bunkar on Sunday instructed the coaching institute to not conduct any tests in the coming two months. He also directed the institute to install anti-suicide devices in all fans inside rooms.
Further, Bunkar also instructed to allow at least one ‘free day’ to students, when there will be no classes and tests.
Fifteen coaching students died by suicide last year in the coaching hub, where around 3 lakh students from across the country are currently preparing for various competitive exams in different institutes of the city.
-PTI
