Second NEET aspirant who went missing from Kota traced in Uttar Pradesh

Kota: Two days after a second NEET aspirant went missing from his PG room in Kota, the city police traced him in Kushinagar, UP on Monday night and has been brought back to Kota for interrogation after a CCTV camera showed him riding a motorbike with another boy to reach Kota railway station.

The student's location was traced after the Kota police swung into action and through technical investigation and inquiry. Following this, the local police were contacted and the whereabouts of the missing teen were shared with them and they rescued him on Monday night, Kota city SP Amrita Duhan said on Tuesday. A team of Kota police was also dispatched to Khushinagar, she added.

Medical Dialogues team had recently reported that Another 19-year-old student who was preparing for the medical entrance exam in Kota had gone missing. This incident has happened nearly a week after a NEET aspirant left his PG room with Rs 8,000 in his pocket.

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Bihar native Singh, who had been preparing for the entrance exam in the coaching hub for the last two years, left his paying guest room in Swarn Vihar colony on the intervening night of May 11 and 12.

Kunhari Circle inspector Arvind Bhrdwaj said the boy was traced on Monday night and has been brought to Kota by the city police. It is clear whether the student reached there by his wish. Further details will be ascertained after his statement is recorded here, added Bhardwaj. 

On the basis of CCTV footage, it was found that Singh got onto a bike with another boy and reached Kota Railway Station from where he boarded a train, DSP Rajesh Soni told PTI.

Before the police traced him, Singh left a note behind in which he said that he couldn’t do well in the NEET exam and won’t be able to crack it. Further, he asked the readers to look for him near the Kota Barrage, located over the Chambal river but the police couldn’t find him there.

However, the police earlier declined the possibility of the boy committing suicide as no trace of him was found near the barrage. It was suspected that the student left the note in his room to misguide the police and his parents.

Circle Inspector Arvind Bhardhwaj told the Indian Express, “Meanwhile, we were searching for the CCTV footage in which it could be seen that the child went towards the railway station and not towards Kota Barrage. The Kota SP had informed the GRP and RPF about this case and had shared the student’s appearance and location with the Kushinagar police based on which he was detained safely."

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