A 19-year-old NEET candidate hanged herself in her PG room on Thursday, according to police, marking it seventh case of student suicide in the city since the year's beginning. DSP Rajesh Tailor told news agency PTI that Somya Kurmi hanged herself late on Wednesday night from the ceiling fan. Kurmi's friends broke down her door and discovered her hanging when she failed to open the room's door, according to the police.
Kurmi, an Amethi town native from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, had been studying for the NEET exam for more than a year, according to DSP Tailor. She had moved to this PG in Mahavir Nagar about a month ago.
According to the DSP, although a note was found in the student's room, the police had not yet confirmed its connection to the suicide.
Police conducted an investigation and discovered that the woman had been admitted to MBS Hospital earlier this week due to some health issues. After receiving treatment for a day, she was discharged.
Following a post-mortem, the body was given to the parents when they arrived in Kota on Thursday at noon, according to Jawahar Nagar SHO Kamlesh Kumar Sharma.
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The SHO denied that a suicide note had been found in her room, but said that a case had been filed in response to the parents' complaint and that additional investigation was in progress.
Since January, Kota has seen seven instances of coaching student suicides. There were 26 alleged suicide cases involving coaching students in Kota in 2023.
Two days before, in Kota, Rajasthan, an additional Uttar Pradesh aspirant took his life. The student, identified as Uruj, lived in the Samdhan village of Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, according to officials.
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