JEE aspirant from Bihar dies after jumping from flyover in Kota

An 18-year-old JEE aspirant from Bihar allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the Kota-Jhalawar flyover in Rajasthan's Kota. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death. It is the seventh student suicide reported in Kota this year

Kota (Raj): An 18-year-old JEE aspirant from Bihar allegedly jumped from the Kota-Jhalawar flyover and died, police said on Sunday.

Jaishree, a Class 12 student, had been preparing for the highly competitive engineering entrance examination at a coaching institute in Kota since January this year. She was living in a PG room in the Vigyan Nagar area and died late on Saturday night, they said.

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Police said prima facie it appeared to be a case of suicide, but more about the circumstances surrounding her death would become clear after speaking to her parents.

This marks the seventh case of suicide by a student in the coaching hub of Kota.

A JEE aspirant allegedly jumped to her death from the flyover at around 11 pm on Saturday and sustained fatal injuries, Vigyan Nagar police station Circle Inspector Mukesh Meena said on Sunday.

She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries during treatment shortly afterwards, he said.

The body was kept in the mortuary for post-mortem, which would be conducted after the arrival of her parents from their native place in Raniganj in Bihar’s Araria district, the officer said.