NEET aspirant hangs himself in Kota, 7th suicide by a coaching student since January

A 19-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly hanged himself in his PG room in Kota, the seventh suicide by a coaching student in the city since the beginning of this year, police said on Thursday, March 28.

DSP Rajesh Darji told PTI that Soumya Kurmi committed suicide by hanging herself from the fan late on Wednesday night.

A day earlier, another NEET aspirant Mohammad Uruj (20) was found dead in his PG residence in Vigyan Nagar.

According to police, when Kurmi did not open his room, his friends broke the door and found him hanging.

Kurmi, a native of Amethi city in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, had been preparing for the competitive NEET exam from a coaching institute here for more than a year, DSP Taylor said, adding that she had recently studied at Mahavir Nagar about a month ago. Was transferred to this PG.