IIT aspirant found hanging in Kota hostel - TNN

IIT aspirant found hanging in Kota hostel

TNN | Jul 24, 2016, 02.36 PM IST

Jaipur: A 17-year-old coaching student from Bihar's Motihari district has been found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Rajasthan's Kota.

Police said they had not found any suicide note and were awaiting Prince Kumar Rajput's postmortem report to ascertain whether he had killed himself. "It is too early to say anything," said Jaiprakash Beniwal, an investigator.

Since 2015, several suicides have been reported from the coaching hub. This year alone, eight student suicides were reported from the area before Rajput's body was recovered.As many as 17 students killed themselves last year. Rajput had arrived in Kota last month to prepare for Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) after clearing Class X. He had enrolled at a private school in Kota.Friends said, an hour before he was found hanging, Rajput had cracked jokes with them.

IIT aspirant commits suicide in Kota, 12th death this year - The Hindu

KOTA, July 24, 2016

IIT aspirant commits suicide in Kota, 12th death this year

A 17-year-old IIT aspirant from Bihar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Indira Vihar area of the city, police said on Saturday.

Prince Kumar Singh, a resident of Motihari district of Bihar who had arrived at Kota a month ago, is the twelfth student to have died in the coaching hub this year.

He was preparing for an engineering entrance exam at a coaching institute here, said Radha Kishan, ASI at Vigyannagar police station.

No suicide note was found in his room. The body has been sent for post-mortem, he said.

Deceased from Bihar

The deceased boy was also reported to have spoken on phone to his parents in Bihar just minutes before he took the extreme step on Friday night, the ASI added.

Police have lodged a case under Section 174 of CrPC in this connection.

His attendance record and performance in studies have been sought from the coaching institute’s management while his hostel mates are being questioned to ascertain the exact reason behind the step, Mr Kishan said.

This is the second suicide by a coaching student from Bihar.

On July 5, a medical aspirant identified as Nikhil Kumar (20), from Bhagalpur, Bihar was found hanging in his hostel room in Kunhadi police station area of the city.

- PTI

IIT-aspirant Prince Kumar Singh commits suicide in Kota, 12th death this year - Economic Times

IIT-aspirant Prince Kumar Singh commits suicide in Kota, 12th death this year

By PTI | Jul 23, 2016, 01.03 PM IST

This is the second suicide by a coaching student from Bihar.

KOTA: A 17-year-old IIT aspirant from Bihar allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Indira Vihar area of the city, police said today. 

Prince Kumar Singh, a resident of Motihari district of Bihar who had arrived at KOTA a month ago, is the twelfth student to have died in the coaching hub this year. 

He was preparing for an engineering entrance exam at a coaching institute here, said Radha Kishan, ASI at Vigyannagar police station. 

No suicide note was found in his room. The body has been sent for post-mortem, he said. 

The deceased boy was also reported to have spoken on phone to his parents in Bihar just minutes before he took the extreme step last night, the ASI added. 

Police have lodged a case under section 174 of CrPC in this connection. 

His attendance record and performance in studies have been sought from the coaching institute's management while his hostel mates are being questioned to ascertain the exact reason behind the step, Kishan said. 

This is the second suicide by a coaching student from Bihar. 

On July 5, a medical aspirant identified as Nikhil Kumar (20), from Bhagalpur, Bihar was found hanging in his hostel room in Kunhadi police station area of the city.