A 16-year-old medical aspirant hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Kota, simply 20 days after becoming a member of a training centre right here to arrange for NEET, police mentioned on Tuesday.
That is the thirteenth case of suspected suicide by a training scholar in Kota since January and the third in April alone.
A local of Bihar’s Katihar, Tameem Iqbal was discovered hanging from the ceiling fan of his room in Talwandi space on Monday someday after midnight, the police mentioned.
No suicide be aware was recovered from the room and the rationale behind the acute step is but to be ascertained, Jawahar Nagar Circle Inspector Ram Laxman mentioned.
When Iqbal didn’t reply regardless of repeated knocks on the door by his roommate and different college students, they knowledgeable the caretaker instantly.
The hostel caretaker then knowledgeable police and a crew quickly reached the hostel.
The police crew then broke open the door and located the coed hanging from the ceiling fan, he mentioned.
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Preliminary inquiry revealed that Iqbal was a Class 11 scholar and had come to Kota simply 20 days in the past. He additionally enrolled in a training institute to arrange for NEET, the officer added.
The boy’s uncle, who lives in Delhi, reached Kota on Tuesday morning after he was knowledgeable in regards to the incident. The physique was handed over to him after autopsy, police mentioned, including that additional probe is underway.
17 teaching college students had died by suicide in Kota in 2024. In 2023, the quantity stood at 26.
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