Scared of Failing NEET, 21 year old TN aspirant commits suicide
Tenkasi: Scared of failing the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) examination, another Tamil Nadu based NEET aspirant committed suicide by hanging herself to death on Thursday afternoon after the answer keys of NEET were made available online.
This was the third attempt for the 21-year-old medical aspirant, identified as Rajalakshmi, who could not clear the centralized medical entrance test in the previous two attempts. She was afraid that she would not be able to clear the exam and fulfil her father's dream of becoming a doctor, adds ANI.
The father of the deceased student, is 54-years-old and a labourer by profession and her mother is 48-years-old and a homemaker.
Police are already investigating the matter and post mortem would be conducted on the body of the deceased student. Her body was sent to a Government hospital for autopsy.
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As per the latest media report by Times Now, the deceased medico took this extreme step of ending her life at around 11:30 am when her parents went to work.
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