22-year-old NEET aspirant Umesh Mali, preparing for his third attempt, was found dead by suicide in Sikar, Rajasthan. A suicide note was recovered. The incident, the second in a month, highlights growing mental health concerns among coaching students ahead of NEET re-exam on June 21 and comes before Rahul Gandhi’s Kota visit on student stress and exam issues. Investigation is underway.
Jaipur: Ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's scheduled visit to Kota on June 17 to launch a protest against a paper leak, a NEET aspirant was found dead in Rajasthan's education hub of Sikar, highlighting the continuing mental health crisis among competitive exam candidates.
Suicide incident and investigation
Twenty-two-year-old Umesh Mali, a NEET aspirant preparing for his third attempt at the medical entrance examination, was found hanging in his family's flat in Sikar on Monday. Police recovered a suicide note from the scene and have launched an investigation.
The incident marks the second reported suicide involving a NEET aspirant in Sikar within the last month.
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