{"id":266628,"date":"2025-03-25T19:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/neet-aspirant-found-hanging-in-kota-9th-suspected-suicide-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T19:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:37:01","slug":"neet-aspirant-found-hanging-in-kota-9th-suspected-suicide-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/neet-aspirant-found-hanging-in-kota-9th-suspected-suicide-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"NEET aspirant found hanging in Kota, 9th suspected suicide this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/118783427.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"NEET aspirant found hanging in Kota, 9th suspected suicide this year\" title=\"NEET aspirant found hanging in Kota, 9th suspected suicide this year\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-brcount=\"16\">Kota: A 17-year-old medical aspirant allegedly hanged himself from an iron rod in his hostel room in Kota&#8217;s Jawahar Nagar area on Tuesday, police said. This is the ninth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/dynamic_link.cms?msid=107107653&subsecid=1715249553&pos=toppotime:1--> Harshraj Shankar, a native of Bihar&#8217;s Nalanda district, had been preparing for the medical entrance exam in a coaching institute here since April last year, they said. <\/p>\n<p> After being informed by the hostel caretaker that this afternoon that the boy had bolted the door from inside and was not responding, a police team reached the spot, Jawahar Nagar SHO Ramlaxman. <\/p>\n<p> The team broke open the room door and found the boy hanging to an iron rod, he added. <\/p>\n<p>The ceiling fan in the hostel room was equipped with &#8220;anti-suicide devise&#8221;. So, the NEET aspirant arranged an iron rod to hang himself, the police said. <\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none;\" data-ga-impression=\"Events_widget_$pagename#Impression#url\" class=\"liveEventMain_widget custom_ad\">\n<div class=\"topContain\">\n<div class=\"imgBox\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"logoTitle\">Live Events<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/live_events_widget.cms?pagename=articlepotime:1--><br \/> No suicide note was recovered from the spot, the SHO said, adding that the body has been shifted to the mortuary of a hospital and a post-mortem would be conducted after the arrival of his parents who have been informed.  A probe is underway.  This is the ninth student suicide this year that took place in the city famous for its being a coaching hub. Six coaching students &#8212; five JEE, one NEET &#8212; killed themselves in January alone. <\/p>\n<p>Seventeen coaching students died by suicide in Kota in 2024. In 2023, the number stood at 26.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/neet-aspirant-found-hanging-in-kota-9th-suspected-suicide-this-year\/articleshow\/119495086.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kota: A 17-year-old medical aspirant allegedly hanged himself from an iron rod in his hostel room in Kota&#8217;s Jawahar Nagar area on Tuesday, police said. This is the ninth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January. 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