Girl jumps to death over low IIT-JEE score in Kota

Kirti allegedly jumped from the fifth floor of the building she was staying in. She was disappointed with her low marks, Harish Bharti, SHO, Jawharnagar police station said.

The girl was immediately taken to MBS hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead, the SHO said.

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She used to live with her father, a resident of Delhi, in a rented flat in Indira Vihar area in Kota. The student had been taking coaching for the IIT-JEE entrance exam for the last two years in Kota, police said.

A suicide note was also recovered from her room but nothing can be stated about its content at present, the SHO said.

Kirti’s father is still in the state of shock and unable to speak, Bharti said, adding the body has been handed over to the family members after postmortem and further investigation in the matter is underway.

Police have lodged a case in this connection, the officer added.

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Kota, the coaching hub for various engineering and medical entrance examinations, has been witnessing an increasing trend in student suicides with the figure touching 18 last year.

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