Jaipur: Another coaching student committed suicide by hanging himself at his hostel room in Vigyan Nagar area of Kota. The student, identified as Rishabh Kumar, a resident of Begusarai in Bihar, was preparing for IIT at a coaching institute in Kota. According to preliminary reports, he left a suicide note; however, the police are yet to disclose what caused Rishabh to take the extreme step.<\/p>\n
After being informed about the suicide by the hostel administration, a police team rushed to the spot and took the body to a mortuary. A postmortem examination will be conducted in the presence of his family members.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have informed the family members. They are on their way to Kota,\u201d said a police officer.<\/p>\n
A spate of suicides in the first four months of this year has put a question mark over the coaching industry in Kota. Nearly eight suicides have been reported so far.<\/p>\n
Worried over the increasing number of suicides, the education department of the Rajasthan government had recently prepared guidelines for coaching institutes in the state. The guidelines include appointment of a psychologist for counselling to students who show sign of stress. The government is, however, yet to give its final nod to the guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jaipur: Another coaching student committed suicide by hanging himself at his hostel room in Vigyan Nagar area of Kota. The student, identified as Rishabh Kumar, a resident of Begusarai in Bihar, was preparing for IIT at a coaching institute in Kota. According to preliminary reports, he left a suicide note; however, the police are yet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[74],"yoast_head":"\n