In a tragic incident, a 17-year-old JEE aspirant allegedly died by suicide in his hostel room. This is known to be the the second case of suspected suicide in 48 hours at the entrance examination coaching hub.
The deceased has been identified as 17-year-old Bhargav Mishra. According to police, his body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his paying guest room in the Mahaveer Nagar area here around 8.30 pm on Friday.
The boy allegedly himself to death in his room in Mahaveer Nagar-III here sometime around Friday noon, DSP Harshraj Singh said on Saturday morning.
This is the eighteenth case of suspected suicide so far this year by coaching students preparing for competitive examinations here.
Bhargav Mishra hailed from the Champaran district in Bihar. Mishra came here in March this year. He was a student of Class 12 preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) at a coaching institute here.
The incident came to light when Mishra, who was last seen around 11 am on Friday, did not answer the repeated phone calls from his parents, following which the paying guest caretaker went to his room and found the door bolted from inside, Singh said.
When Mishra did not respond to his several calls, the caretaker reported the matter to the police who reached the spot around 8 .30 pm and broke the room open only to find the boy hanging from the ceiling fan, he added.
The reason behind the alleged suicide is yet to be ascertained, the DSP said, adding that no suicide note was recovered from his room.
Police are trying to gather more details about him and obtain his performance sheet from the coaching institute to assess his scoring status and regularity in the class, Singh said.
The body has been kept in the mortuary of New Medical College Hospital for the post-mortem which will be conducted once the teenager's family members arrive here, the DSP added.
On the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, a 17-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly committed suicide by wrapping his face with a plastic bag in Rajasthan’s Kota, police said.
