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NEET aspirant from West Bengal found dead in Kota; 25th case this year

A 20-year-old student from West Bengal, preparing for the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) for medical colleges, was found dead in his rented room in Waqf Nagar area in Rajasthan’s Kota on Monday night. This is the 25th case of suicide by a student of a coaching institute in Kota this year.

The deceased, identified as Faureed Hussain, a native of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, was preparing for NEET at a coaching institute in Kota for the last one year. Police said no note had been recovered from the room and the boy’s family members in Birhum had been informed.

Also read: The stressful lives of students in Kota | Data

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