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Sumit Panchal (20), a resident of Rohtak in Haryana, whose purported suicide death is the seventh such case in Kota since January this year, was supposed to take the NEET-UG exam next month, the police said.
The victim, a 15-year-old NEET aspirant from Bihar was allegedly raped, filmed and later blackmailed inside a hostel in Rajasthan coaching hub Kota.
In Rajasthan's Kota, 23 students have committed suicide so far this year -- the highest ever for the country's coaching hub. Last year, the figure stood at 15.
Kota (Rajasthan), Sep 15 (PTI) Wardens and staff members of hostels in Kota will be given professional training in mess management, psychological and behavioural counselling, and other aspects of students' care to equip them to battle the rising number of suicides by aspirants in the coaching hub. The move comes in wake of a record number of suicides this year by students preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams.