Kota: 20-year-old NEET aspirant from Bengal dies by suicide, 28th case this year

Bengal: A student died by suicide in Kota of Rajasthan on Monday. According to reports, the deceased was a NEET aspirant. He was 20-year-old. The student was identified as Faureed Hussain, a native of West Bengal. This is the 28th suicide this year in the city which is considered a prominent hub for competitive exams like medical and engineering.

Hussain was found hanging in his rented room in the Wakf Nagar area of the city. He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. According to the details, the student stayed at the rented accommodation, housing a few other students as well.

Students said they last saw Hussain at nearly 4 pm, following which his room was locked from the inside, till nearly 7 pm. When he did not step out of his room till 7 pm and did not answer their calls, they raised an alarm. It was then that the landlord rang up police. The student’s body was found after the police reached the spot.

Police said that no suicide note has been found yet. He added that the student’s family members have been informed. Forid had been living in Kota since last year, police said. Commenting on the incident, the police said they were investigating the cause of the suicide and that his family members were informed.

They added that a postmortem will be performed following which the body of the student would be handed over to his family.

Kota has been witnessing an alarming surge in student suicide cases since the past few months, raising concerns among the local authorities. The suicides in Kota have sparked conversations on the mental health of students and how stress is driving them to the edge.

The authorities have now made it mandatory to install anti-hanging devices in ceiling fans at all coaching centers and issued directives for institutes to refrain from conducting any examinations for a period of two months. Determined to check the disturbing trend, the state government last year issued guidelines for coaching centres, asking them to take steps to keep students stress-free.