19-year-old Haryana student dies by suicide in Kota, 1st case in 2025
The deceased, identified as Neeraj Jat, from Mahendragarh in Haryana, was found hanging in his hostel room in the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar area, police said.
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Neeraj’s father Bablu Prajapati said: “I spoke to my son on the phone last time around 3.30 pm on Tuesday and he was in a good mood with no complains whatsoever." Neeraj was scheduled to return home by the evening train on January 9 and had a reserved seat, he said. A 19-years-old JEE aspirant allegedly died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota Tuesday night, the first student suicide reported in the coaching hub in 2025. Kota witnessed 17 cases of suicides by coaching students in 2024, compared to 26 in 2023, as per reports.
The deceased, identified as Neeraj Jat, from Mahendragarh in Haryana, was found hanging in his hostel room in the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar area, police said.
He was preparing for JEE for the last two years. JEE (Mains) exams are scheduled to start on January 22. “The hostel warden found the body during routine check and informed the police,” Circle Inspector of Jawahar Nagar police station Budharam Chaudhary said, adding that no suicide note was found in his room.The hostel staff told police that Neeraj had gone out with his friend on Tuesday evening.
Neeraj’s father Bablu Prajapati said: “I spoke to my son on the phone last time around 3.30 pm on Tuesday and he was in a good mood with no complains whatsoever.” Neeraj was scheduled to return home by the evening train on January 9 and had a reserved seat, he said. Neeraj’s father claimed that his son could not have committed suicide and demanded an impartial probe.
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