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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Delhi court sentences CBI joint director to 3 months' imprisonment in IRS officer assault case
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers to three months' imprisonment for assaulting and trespassing into the residence of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer during a raid over two decades ago.
Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt was hearing the arguments on the sentence against the convicted retired police officer V K Pandey and Ramneesh, who was serving as a superintendent of police when the raid was conducted in 2000.
Ramneesh is at present a joint director at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The court also fined Rs 50,000 each to both the accused.
Both were accused under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief) and 448 (criminal trespass) in a complaint filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal.
The case pertained to an incident on October 19, 2000, when a CBI team carried out a search and arrest operation at Aggarwal's residence in Paschim Vihar.
Aggarwal alleged that the officials forcibly entered his house in the early hours, assaulted him and violated legal procedures during the arrest.
#WATCH | Delhi | Former IRS officer assault case. | Tis Hazari Court sentenced CBI joint director Ramneesh and Retired ACP Vivek Pandey to 3 months sentence in an assault case filed by former IRS officer Ashok Agarwal. The court has granted them bail to challenge the judgment.… https://t.co/RwAxjMrWDK pic.twitter.com/2FlkG4rDs0
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