The boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Friday, police said.
Kota, Rajasthan:
A 16-year-old boy from Bihar preparing for IIT-JEE was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Vigyan Nagar police station in Kota city on Friday, officials said.
The incident took place despite the fan in the hostel room being equipped with an anti-suspension device intended to prevent suicide. Police suspected it to be a case of suicide but no suicide note was recovered from the room and the reason behind the minor's extreme step is yet to be established.
A 16-year-old boy studying in class 11 and hailing from Vaishali district in Bihar was preparing for IIT-JEE at a coaching institute in Kota since April this year, said circle inspector at Vigyan Nagar police station Mukesh Meena .
The boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Friday, he added.
This is the seventeenth case of suicide by coaching students in Kota this year since January. The city witnessed 26 cases of suicide by coaching students in 2023.
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