Chennai Teen Dies By Suicide Weeks Before Medical Exam NEET
NDTV
More than 20 medical aspirants have died by suicide over the last few years in Tamil Nadu after failing to secure adequate marks in NEET.
A medical aspirant died by suicide in Chennai on Wednesday, weeks before he was to take the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the mandatory entrance exam for admission into medical colleges in the country.
In a video message to his parents and sibling, P Danush, 18, son of an auto-driver, said, "I could not achieve; I could not succeed. Only I'm responsible for my death." The video couldn't be independently verified by NDTV.
No suicide note was found, said an officer investigating the case.
The student, who was from a tribal community, got admission in a private medical college last year, but his family couldn't afford its fees or enroll him in private coaching, investigators said. He was preparing for the exams to a government medical college this year.
