KOTA: An 18-year-old JEE aspirant hanged herself in her Kota home on the eve of the test starting Tuesday, making her the second entrance exam candidate to die by suicide in the coaching hub in a week.
The girl, a resident of Kota’s Shiv Vihar Colony, scribbled a purported suicide note addressed to her parents, suggesting the pressure of preparing for the exam got to her, DSP Dharmveer Singh said.
“Mummy papa I can’t do JEE, so suicide. I am (a) loser, worst daughter. Sorry mummy, papa… yehi last option hai,” says the note. A cousin of the girl, the eldest of three sisters, said she was under severe stress. “She had planned to repeat her Class XII exam this year to improve her scores, having performed below her expectations last time. She was a good student and would devote around seven to eight hours to her studies.”
The deceased’s father works as an armed guard in a private bank. The family hails from Akawdakhurd village of Jhalawar district and has been living in Kota for around three years, DCP Singh said.
On January 23, a 19-year-old NEET aspirant from UP’s Moradabad district died by suicide in his hostel room. He had been preparing for the exam at an institute in the city for over a year. Kota reported 26 student suicides in 2023.
The girl, a resident of Kota’s Shiv Vihar Colony, scribbled a purported suicide note addressed to her parents, suggesting the pressure of preparing for the exam got to her, DSP Dharmveer Singh said.
“Mummy papa I can’t do JEE, so suicide. I am (a) loser, worst daughter. Sorry mummy, papa… yehi last option hai,” says the note. A cousin of the girl, the eldest of three sisters, said she was under severe stress. “She had planned to repeat her Class XII exam this year to improve her scores, having performed below her expectations last time. She was a good student and would devote around seven to eight hours to her studies.”
The deceased’s father works as an armed guard in a private bank. The family hails from Akawdakhurd village of Jhalawar district and has been living in Kota for around three years, DCP Singh said.
On January 23, a 19-year-old NEET aspirant from UP’s Moradabad district died by suicide in his hostel room. He had been preparing for the exam at an institute in the city for over a year. Kota reported 26 student suicides in 2023.