IIT aspirant ends life in Kota, 5th case this year

Tribune News Service & PTI

Kota (Raj), May 31

A 17-year-old IIT aspirant studying at a coaching institute here allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his rented room in Mahaveer Nagar area.

It was the fifth such incident in the coaching hub since January, said Kota SP Sawai Singh Godara.

Nirmal Yogi, a Class XII student and a resident of Sakeri village in Sawai Madhopur district, hanged himself last night using a towel, the police said.

The body was sent to a hospital for post-mortem this morning, the police said, adding no suicide note was recovered. A probe has been launched in the matter to ascertain the reason behind his taking the step.

Another student had last month ended her life despite having cracked the IIT-JEE (mains). The girl had, in a suicide note, said she was not able to put up with the depression and stress that she had been experiencing while taking coaching, and that the government should shut coaching institutes.

In the wake of increasing cases of suicides by students, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh had recently said a panel should be formed to regulate coaching institutes. “The panel should also decide the admission procedure to these institutes and direct them to reduce the pressure on students,” he had said.