The education hub - Kota - once again witnessed a suicide case in which an 18-year-old student preparing for JEE allegedly hanged herself at her home on Monday. She left behind a suicide note saying sorry to her parents and calling herself a “loser”.
According to the police, the suicide note read- “Mummy, papa I can't do JEE. So I suicide." She was to give the JEE test in a day or two, said the officials.
“I am loser. I am worst daughter. Sorry mummy papa. Yahi last option he,” the note found in her room read further.
Second suspected suicide in a week in Kota
This was the second suspected suicide in the education hub in less than a week. The suicide was reported on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his annual interaction with students preparing for their school board exams, asking them and their parents not to let competition get to them.
She lived at her family home in Shiv Vihar Colony in the city’s Borekheda police station area and was to take her JEE test on January 30 or 31, circle officer DSP Dharmveer Singh said.
The suicide note suggested she was under the stress of studies and found herself unable to tackle the exam, the officer said.
The student was the eldest of three sisters. Her father is a security guard at a private bank in Kota, he said.
The family hails from Akawdakhurd village in Jhalawar district and has been staying in the city for the last three years.
Her cousin said she was under severe stress over the upcoming JEE test. She had to repeat her 12th class exam because she got a low score, the relative told reporters outside the mortuary.
However, according to him, she was good at studies and devoted seven or eight hours every day to them.
Her grandmother knocked at the door of her room around 10 am.
When there was no response, she raised an alarm. The family found her hanging from the ventilation window above the door.
On January 23, 19-year-old student was found hanging in his hostel room in Kota. He had come to the city from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district a year back to prepare for the medical entrance exam NEET. No suicide note was found in that case.
Among other issues, the prime minister talked about instilling resilience among children to help them cope with pressure. PM Modi said competition acts as inspiration but it should be healthy.
"Lot of parents keep giving examples of other children to their children. Parents should avoid doing these things," he said.
(With PTI inputs)
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