Kota NEET aspirant commits suicide by self-asphyxiation, 17th death this year
Kota (Rajasthan), Aug 3: A 17-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly committed suicide by wrapping his face with a plastic bag in Rajasthan's Kota, police said on Thursday.
Manjot Chabra (17), a native of Uttar Pradesh's Rampur, was found dead inside his hostel room in Vigyan Nagar police station area, they said.
Police said Chabra took his life on intervening nights of Wednesday and Thursday. However, the incident came to light in the morning when his parents' calls went unattended and they alerted the hostel caretaker who broke open the door and found the boy's body.
The ceiling fan in Chabra's room was equipped with an "anti-suicide device".
To end his life, the teenage boy covered his head and face with a plastic bag and also tied a cloth around it, Circle Officer (Vigyan Nagar) Dharmveer Singh said.
This is the 17th case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota this year. In 2022, at least 15 cases of suicide by coaching students were registered in Kota.
A suicide note was found pasted on the room's wall wherein the boy held no one responsible for his extreme step, Singh said.
The victim was a class 12 topper and had come to Kota along with three schoolmates from his town in April. The four friends lived in the same hostel in separate rooms, he said.
According to Chabra's friends, the boy was a brilliant student and had a fun-loving nature. He had scored 93 per cent marks in class 12 and was also doing well in routine tests at the coaching institute, the CO said.
They alleged that when they discussed about the coaching students committing suicide in Kota, Chabra would often say that he would be the next to commit suicide but they took it as a joke, he said.
The officer said that the victim's family has been informed and the post-mortem will be conducted after the arrival of his parents.
Over 2 lakh students are currently taking coaching for entrance exams in various coaching institutes in the city.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
