KOTA: A 16-year-old JEE aspirant allegedly hanged himself at his grandparents’ house Saturday, 48 hours after an another aspirant from Odisha killed himself in his hostel room in Kota. This is the fourth case of suicide in the city this year.
According to police, Manan Jain, a Class XII student, had been living with his maternal grandparents’ to prepare for JEE for past three years. Cops received information about the incident at 9.15 am Saturday and sent the body for a autopsy, ASI Jawahar Singh said.
The officer said Manan had studied with his cousin until midnight Friday. When he did not respond to calls in the morning, his cousin peeked into the room and found him hanging from the iron railing of the room’s window. He said no suicide note was recovered and the reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile, the body of Abhijeet Giri , who died by suicide on Thursday, was handed over to his family after autopsy.
Academic pressure, love affairs behind suicides: Minister
Following suicides by four IIT-JEE aspirants in Kota in a span of 18 days, Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar on Saturday cited “romantic relationships”, apart from academic stress, among reasons for students taking such extreme steps, even as he urged parents to be watchful and avoid putting pressure on their children beyond their natural interests and abilities.
Dilawar stressed that every student had unique interests and abilities, and when forced to pursue goals against these natural inclinations, failure often led to depression.
The minister remarked that coaching institutes had minimal role in this and it was peer influence that played significant role because of constant remarks from other students about a student’s ranks.
(With inputs from PTI)