KOTA: A 17-year-old boy from Bihar who was taking coaching classes in Kota for the IIT-JEE entrance exam was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in Mahavir Nagar-II area under Mahavir Nagar police station on Tuesday morning.Police have placed the body in the mortuary of Maharao Bhim Singh hospital for post-mortem to be carried out on Wednesday after arrival of his family members from Bihar. This is the third suicide by a coaching student in the last 48 hours in Kota and 19th this year since January.“The boy Jitesh Gupta, a resident of Hardobara in Siwan district of Bihar, had passed class 12th and for the last three years had been preparing in a premier institute of Kota for the IIT-JEE entrance examinations,” said Ishwar Singh, sub-inspector at Mahavir Nagar police station.When the boy failed to attend a call from his parents in the morning, they called his friend and asked him to see the boy in his hostel room. The friend rushed to the room and found the gate bolted from inside. When the friend peeped through the window, he found the boy hanging from the ceiling fan. Police rushed to the spot and recovered the body.“The reason behind the extreme step by the boy is yet to be ascertained as no suicide note was recovered from his room,” the SI added.This is the third suicide within the last 48 hours. A 17-year-old NEET aspirant Diksha Singh, resident of Kushinagar town in UP on Sunday noon hanged herself in Adarsh Nagar. Another student 16-year-old Deepak Dadich, an IIT aspirant and resident of Laxmipura village under Talera police station of Bundi district had hanged himself on Saturday noon in his coaching institute’s upper storey room. Tuesday’s is the 19th suicide by a coaching student in Kota this year since January.