NEET aspirant from UP dies by suicide in Kota

A NEET aspirant from Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota district, confirmed officials on Thursday.

Jawahar Nagar SHO Harinarayan Sharma said, "The deceased student has been identified as Parshuram (21), who was a resident of Manpur in Barsana, district Mathura, UP. His landlord saw him hanging from the noose and informed the control room on Wednesday. Around 11.30 pm, a police team rushed to the spot and saw the student hanging by the ceiling fan and took him down. Then his body was taken to MBS Hospital. Meanwhile, his family reached Kota on Thursday.”

Sharma said the student lived in a rented house in the Old Jawahar Nagar area. He came to Kota on August 30.

Parshuram’s father said he had been preparing for NEET in Kota for three years. Parshuram scored 490 marks in his first attempt and recently, scored 647 marks in the exam. However, he was stressed after the recent NEET controversy, his father added.

His uncle, Chatar Singh, said it was his nephew's third year in Kota. “Recently, he had come to Kota from home. He used to talk to his father and brother daily. He had told his father that he was coming. Information about his death was received on Wednesday night,” he said.

He had last spoken to his brother and father. Parshuram told his father: “I am not feeling well, I want to come,” and hung up the mobile phone.

His father tried calling him, but he did not receive the call and hanged himself in his room on Wednesday night, said the police. Further investigation was underway.