Upalokayukta pays surprise visit to Hospet APMC market
inspects facilities, orders officers to seize scales
Vijayanagara: Upalokayukta B Veerappa paid a surprise visit to the market of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Hospet early Friday morning for an inspection of the facilities provided at the place.
The senior government officer spoke to the farmers, who informed the Upalokayukta that the market had neither drinking water facilities nor a place for farmers to rest. Also, the market lacked hygiene, the farmers told Veerappa.
The Upalokayukta has directed APMC Secretary Siddayyaswamy to find solutions to the problems faced by the farmers at the government market.
He has also said that people have complained regarding the scales used at the APMC office. Farmers have said that they did not receive a fair price for the crops that they sell at the government market but have witnessed a 2-kg difference in the measurement by the use of the scales at the APMC market.
The Upalokayukta has directed Amrit Chauhan, the officer in charge of the weights and measures at the APMC market, to seize the scales at the market and register a case in the matter.
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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.
