The owner of the hostel, where a student died by suicide on Thursday, was asked reasons for not installing an anti-suicide device on the fan in the victim’s room
As she listened to the evening news, Geeta Kumari s (name changed) blood ran cold. Shocked by the reports of a 17-year-old boy’s suicide at a coaching institute in Kota, she frantically called up her son who, too, was preparing for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) there. The calls went unanswered. She started panicking. It was 9.30pm. She kept on calling. Finally, he answered the call, much to her relief
With limited seats and a long journey to complete the course, it's only a few NEET aspirants who make the cut while "fear of failure" and "losing a year", among other factors, pushes many of these young minds to the brink, say practising doctors and experts