Kota, Rajasthan:

An IIT aspirant named Kushagra Rastogi (18) from Uttar Pradesh died under mysterious conditions in Kota on Monday.

Rastogi was found in an unconscious state in the bathroom and was rushed to the hospital where he died during treatment.

As per Jawahar Nagar police station SHO Hari Narayan Sharma, “The student came to Kota in April this year to pursue his coaching. He was staying in a hostel in the Old Rajeev Gandhi Nagar area.”

His mother came to Kota two days back and was staying with him.

On Monday morning, Rastogi went to the washroom to take bath. However, when he did not return after 10-15 minutes, his mother called him. Finding no response, she went check and found the bathroom door open. She found her son lying in an unconscious inside and rushed him to the hospital with the help of the hostel staff.

The exact cause of student’s death is still unknown. The body has been moved to a mortuary.

Mr Sharma told IANS that the postmortem will be conducted after his father arrives in Kota on Tuesday.

“We are waiting for his father to come. His mother has not been informed about her son’s death yet because she is alone in the city with no other family member present,” Mr Sharma said.

When asked about the cause of death, the SHO said that even the doctors are still clueless as to how the teenager died.

“We will get clarity on the matter after the post-mortem on Tuesday,” he added.

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Jaipur:

A JEE aspirant, Sandeep Kumar, died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota, confirmed officials, adding that his body was found hanging in his room today.

Other students living in the PG saw the body from the window and promptly informed the owner.

On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and broke open the door.

The student was a resident of Nalanda (Bihar). Police officials said that Sandeep Kumar was preparing for JEE and had been staying in Kota for the last two years.

He hanged himself from the fan in his room late Wednesday night, said officials.

The body has been kept in the mortuary of New Medical College Hospital.

It has come to light that his uncle had deposited money in his account a day before.

Sandeep’s parents had died four years ago and his uncle was bearing the expenses of his studies. He was the one who got him (Sandeep) admitted to the Kota institute, said officials, adding that further probe was on.
 

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Jaipur:

A 17-year-old youth preparing for IIT-JEE competitive exam died by suicide by hanging himself at his room in Rajasthan’s Kota city, police said on Sunday.

Ayush Jaiswal, a resident of Bihar’s Motihari, was staying at a paying guest house near Samrat Chowk of Mahaveer Nagar area for two years to prepare for the competitive exam.

His friends informed the paying guest house owner when he did not come out of his room till Saturday night, police said.

“A boy preparing for competitive exam died by suicide on Saturday night. He was found hanging in his room. No suicide note has been recovered yet. The post-mortem will be conduct after his family members arrive here,” said Mahaveer Nagar SHO Mahendra Maru.

He said that the paying guest house owner informed the police when the student did not open the door.

On receiving information, a team reached the spot and broke the door lock and found the student hanging. The police brought him down and took him to the New Medical College Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead.

This is the 11th suicide committed by any student preparing for a competitive exam in education hub Kota this year so far.

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