NEET-aspirant from J&K hangs self in Kota

Kota, May 26: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from Jammu and Kashmir allegedly hanged herself from the ceiling fan of her paying guest room here at Pratap Chouraha in Kota, police on Monday said.

This is the 15th such incident this year and second this month alone.

Before she killed herself Sunday evening, the girl (name withheld) spoke to a relative of hers on the phone and told him that she might commit suicide before hanging up, Circle Inspector Ramesh Kavia, posted at Mahaveer Nagar Police Station, said.

The relative, immediately called another student, who lived in the same building on the floor above, and asked her to check on the victim, he said.

She rushed to the victim's room, found it bolted from inside, and shouted for help.

A crowd gathered and broke open the door with the help of a grinder they borrowed from some carpenters working nearby, he said.

They found the victim hanging from the ceiling. She was rushed to a hospital, but was declared dead.

According to police, the victim had returned to Kota a month ago, having earlier lived in the city enrolled at a coaching institute to prepare for the medical entrance exam. This time, she was engaged in self-study and hadn't enrolled anywhere.

Police said the room was not equipped with the 'anti-hanging device' – a metal cage-like contraption mounted around the ceiling fan to prevent hanging.

Another NEET aspirant from Madhya Pradesh hanged herself in her room under the Kunhadi Police Station area – a day before her entrance exam on May 3.