2nd student suicide in Kota in 2 days, toll hits 18 this year

KOTA: The country’s coaching hub Kota recorded its 18th suicide on Friday, the second within two days, belying the local administration’s claims of making all possible efforts to stop young students from ending their lives.
Bhargav Mishra, a 17-year-old engineering aspirant from Champaran district in Bihar, hanged himself from the ceiling fan in his PG room in Mahaveer Nagar area.The incident took place sometime on Friday afternoon, but came to light around 8.30pm, when the class XII student failed to answer his parents’ phone calls.
Mishra had come to Kota in March this year for IIT-JEE coaching. According to DSP Harshraj Singh, initial probe revealed the teenager was not seen outside his room after 11am on Friday. His parents called called up the PG’s caretaker, who informed police. No suicide note was recovered from Mishra’s room, Singh said, adding that a detailed inquiry into the reasons behind the suicide would be initiated soon.
On Thursday, NEET aspirant Manjot Chabra from Rampur in UP had suffocated himself to death in his hostel room. His body was found with a plastic bag wrapped around his head and face, and hands tied behind. Police said he choked himself to death.