JEE Aspirant From Bihar Dies By Suicide In Kota, 13th This Year

The brother of the 16-year-old was also studying for NEET in Kota.

A 16-year-old engineering aspirant allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan inside his paying guest room here, police said on Thursday.

This is the thirteenth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January. The number of student suicides in Kota stood at 26 in 2023.

Sandeep Kumar Kurmi, a native of Bihar's Nalanda district, was taking coaching for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) in Kota for the last two years and lived in a paying guest (PG) room in Mahaveer Nagar-III, the police said.