Kasaragod: Body of businessman found on Chembirika beach, suicide suspected
Kasaragod: The dead body of a 35-year-old businessman, Ajesh Palakkal, who had been suspected to have committed suicide by jumping into River Chandragiri on Thursday evening, was found on the beach at Chembirika in Kasaragod on Friday morning.
Palakkal was a resident of Ravaneshwar in Kasaragod and owned the company Palakkal Traders in Kalarikkal.
On Thursday, Palakkal reportedly came to the banks of River Chandragiri on his scooter at around 3 pm and, leaving his scooter and mobile phone on the banks, jumped into the river. Earlier in the day, however, the businessman is learned to have messaged his friend on the mobile phone, informing his friend that he would be committing suicide.
Police officials, fire brigade staff members and the locals, who were informed of Palakkal’s decision to kill himself, searched for his body but failed to find it as the river was in spate on Thursday.
On Friday morning, the businessman’s body was found on the Chembirika beach.
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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.
