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Rajasthan News: An 18-year-old engineering aspirant from Bihar’s Chhapra district died by suicide at his hostel in Kota in Rajasthan. The boy who was preparing for the National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate engineering courses was found dead on Tuesday.

“On Tuesday morning, he hung himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room,” said Bharadwaj. He added a note recovered from his hostel room that said neither NEET pressure nor his family should be held responsible. Bharadwaj said the rest of the details cannot be shared without his family’s permission. “...it seems to be personal,” said Arvind Singh Bharadwaj, a local police officer, as quoted by a Hindustan Times report.

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Data On Suicides In Kota 

As per police data, 15 students died by suicide in Kota in 2022, 18 in 2019, 20 in 2018, seven in 2017, 17 in 2016, and 18 in 2015. Meanwhile, no such cases were reported in 2020 and 2021 as coaching centres across the state were closed or ran in online mode due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The Union education minister issued instructions for the functioning of coaching centres and restricted the enrolment of students only above 16 in January 2024. Additionally, a bill for regulating coaching centres was tabled in the Rajasthan assembly in March.

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