Curated By: Sukanya Nandy
Last Updated: November 28, 2023, 09:57 IST
The student was found hanging in his room last evening in Kota (Representative image)
A student from West Bengal, who was preparing for the medical entrance exam, NEET in Rajasthan’s Kota has died by suicide. This is the 28th case this year
A student from West Bengal, who was preparing for the medical entrance exam, NEET in Rajasthan’s Kota has died by suicide. This is the 28th case this year. The 20-year-old student, identified as Forid, was living in Kota’s Waqf Nagar area, reported NDTV. Forid had shifted to Kota to prepare for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG last year.
He was found hanging in his room last evening and was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, the police said. The incident happened on November 27. According to the other students staying in the same rented accommodation as Forid, he was last seen at 4 pm. When the student did not step out of his room till 7 pm and did not answer their calls, the other students raised an alarm and it was then that the landlord rang up the police.
No suicide note was found. The student’s family members have been informed, police said. Further investigation is on.
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