Fear of Underperforming in NEET 2025, 19-year-old TN NEET Aspirant commits suicide
Chennai: In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old NEET 2025 aspirant from Tindivanam in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district allegedly died by suicide due to fear of underperforming in the upcoming MBBS entrance test.
As per the IANS report, the deceased aspirant was found hanging at her home on Saturday while she was alone.
She had completed her Class 12 from a government higher secondary school in her village with good marks. She had also undergone NEET coaching at a private institute in Puducherry and had appeared for the exam last year, scoring 350 marks, but did not clear it.
Determined to succeed this year, she had been preparing for the exam again and had recently obtained her OBC certificate, which she submitted along with her application.
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On Saturday (March 1), while her parents and brother were away working in the fields, Indhu took her own life. When they returned in the evening, they found her hanging from the ceiling fan.
The family immediately alerted the Velimedu Pettai police station, and officers arrived at the scene around 11 p.m. The police took possession of the body and sent it to Villupuram Government Medical College Hospital for a post-mortem examination, adds IANS
An investigation into the incident is currently underway.
This tragedy follows a similar case in October 2024, when another 19-year-old student, from Keelmugam village in Edappadi Taluk, Salem district, died by suicide after failing to secure a medical seat despite two years of NEET coaching.
The Tamil Nadu government has long opposed NEET, arguing that the exam is unfair to economically disadvantaged and Tamil-medium students.
In June 2024, the state’s Legislative Assembly passed a unanimous resolution against NEET, following controversies over leaked NEET-UG 2024 question papers and the postponement of NEET-PG 2024.
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