A 16-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly killed herself on Tuesday, 7 August, by hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room in Kota, Rajasthan. The student, Sakshi Maratha, hailed from Buldhana region of Maharashtra, and came to Kota in April for coaching.

According to a Hindustan Times report, she was enrolled in Allen Career Coaching Institute.

This is the second student suicide in Kota in the last three days.

On Sunday, a 15-year-old from Nalanda in Bihar also hanged himself in his hostel room in Kota.