In another shocking incident, a 17-year-old youth preparing for IIT-JEE competitive exam died by suicide by hanging himself at his room in Rajasthan’s Kota city, police said on Sunday.
According to the reports, the student has been identified as Ayush Jaiswal was a resident of Bihar’s Motihari. He stayed at a paying guest house near Samrat Chowk in the Mahaveer Nagar area for two years to prepare for the competitive exam.
His friends informed the paying guest house owner when he did not come out of his room till Saturday night, police said.
Speaking to the media, Mahaveer Nagar SHO Mahendra Maru, said, “A boy preparing for competitive exam died by suicide on Saturday night. He was found hanging in his room. No suicide note has been recovered yet. The post-mortem will be conduct after his family members arrive here.”
On receiving information, a team reached the spot and broke the door lock and found the student hanging. The police brought him down and took him to the New Medical College Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead.
This is the 11th suicide case reported from the hub of competitive exams – Kota this year so far.