Karnataka Govt. forms SIT to probe into Valmiki corporation official suicide case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government issued order forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the suicide case of a offical belonging to Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
Chandrashekaran, an official belonging to the corporation died by suicide on May 26, at his residence in Shivamogga. In his death note, Chandrashekaran named three officials and alleged illegal loot in the corporation's funds.
CID's Appellate Police Director Manish Kharbeaker has been appointed as the head of the SIT. Shivaprakash Devaraju, Deputy Police Commissioner for the South Division Traffic in Bengaluru, Hariram Shankar, the State intelligence Police Superintendent, and Raghavendra K Hedge, the Police Superintendent of the CID, have been appointed as a members of the team.
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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.
