Rajasthan’s Kota – often known as an schooling hub – as soon as once more witnessed the tragic suicide of a scholar. Police on Wednesday stated a 19-year-old scholar was discovered hanging from a noose in his hostel room. The scholar was making ready for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).
The police stated that they had obtained a name from the hostel proprietor in regards to the suicide of the scholar from Mahendragarh in Haryana final evening.
Neeraj, a scholar of Class 12, had been making ready for the JEE at a training institute in Kota and lived in a hostel in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Circle Inspector Budharam Jat stated.
In line with the police official, the scholar allegedly dedicated suicide by hanging himself to the hook of a ceiling fan in his hostel room late Tuesday night. Nevertheless, the incident got here to mild round 10.30 pm when the caretaker knocked the room and didn’t obtain any response, he added.
The rationale behind this excessive step by the boy is but to be ascertained as no suicide be aware was recovered from his room, he added.
The autopsy is underway after the boy’s relations reached Kota and a case might be registered in accordance with the report filed by them, Jat stated.
The daddy of the deceased scholar stated that his son was making ready for JEE Most important at Allen Teaching in Kota for the final two years. Neeraj was good at research and attended the teaching courses frequently, he stated.
“I spoke to my son Neeraj on telephone final time round 3.30 pm on Tuesday and he was in a great temper with no complaints in any respect,” Neeraj’s father informed reporters outdoors the mortuary in Kota.
Father calls for probe
His father claimed that his son couldn’t have dedicated suicide. Demanding an neutral investigation into the matter, he alleged that his son was choked to loss of life and was subsequently hung to the ceiling fan to make it seem as a case of suicide.
Neeraj was scheduled to return house by the night prepare on January 9 and had a reserved seat, he stated.
50 per cent decline in scholar suicides in Kota: DM
The Kota district administration claimed that there was a 50 per cent decline within the variety of suicides by college students in 2024 as in comparison with 2023 on this teaching hub of Rajasthan identified for making ready college students for IIT-JEE entrance checks.
Nevertheless, no particular breakdown of the numbers has been offered by the officers.
“Compared to final 12 months, the suicide fee amongst teaching college students has decreased by 50 per cent this 12 months, which is a major determine when it comes to the efforts yielding outcomes. We count on this development to proceed sooner or later,” Kota Collector Ravindra Goswami stated on December 29, 2024.
Kota witnessed 17 instances of suicides by teaching college students in 2024, in comparison with 26 such instances in 2023, as per studies.
(With PTI inputs)
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