Kota Death Toll Reaches Eight As Two Allegedly Commit Suicide
Two students enrolled in a private coaching institute in Kota commit suicide; police investigation is underway.
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In what seems like an unending series of unfortunate events, two students allegedly committed suicide in Kota after they performed poorly in the exams.
18-year-old Keshav Meena alias Monu, resident of Harinagar in Khatoli town of the district, hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his rented room in Mahaveernagar Extension area, a police personnel said.The police broke into his room this morning on after being informed by the landlord and found his body.
Meena was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead. He had been living in Kota for about a year and was preparing for medical entrance tests at Career Point, a coaching institute. No suicide note was recovered from the room.
It is suspected that poor performance in the NEET exam he sat for on May 1 is likely to be the reason behind the suicide. Investigation in the case is underway and the body has been handed over to the family members after a postmortem.
On Thursday, a final year student of B.Tech consumed poison in his room and succumbed during treatment at a hospital yesterday. Avanish Meena (22), a resident of Hingoniya village in Kanwas Thesil here, consumed poison in Subashnagar II area of the city, Sub-Inspector Ramkishan said.
The deceased had reportedly not performed well in one of his papers and was scheduled to appear for the next exam on Thursday, but he missed it and consumed poison, Ramkishan explained. He said the victim had called his family and informed he was “going to heaven”.
The body has been handed over to the family members after postmortem.
This is the eight suicide by a student in Kota this year. Last year the number of suicide cases by students taking coaching were 19, following which guidelines to coaching institutes to check such deaths were initiated.
Recently, Kota district collector Ravi Kumar Surpur had written an emotional letter to parents of over 1.50 lakh students in coaching institutes here, asking them not to force their expectations on the children.
Further updates on these incidents are awaited.
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