‘Leaving this world’: One other NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Rajasthan | India Information
3 min learnJaipurUp to date: Jun 16, 2026 07:19 PM IST
A 22-year-old NEET aspirant in Sikar died by suicide forward of the re-examination on June 21.
As per Sikar police, the now-cancelled Could 2026 examination was Umesh’s third try. Though he had beforehand studied at teaching centres, he was now getting ready for the re-test at residence.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar informed The Indian Categorical that Umesh lived at an condo in Sikar together with his mom and two siblings. His father is a businessman in mumbai.
Kumar mentioned that Umesh had dropped off his mom at their native village in Jhunjhunu on Monday, whereas his sister and a brother left for teaching. Umesh took the acute step on Monday afternoon.
Based on officers, he left behind a letter stating: “I’m staying away from the world, sorry (I’m going away from this world, sorry).”
“Contemplating the character of the case, the household will not be ready to speak. An inquiry shall be performed as soon as they’re in a greater situation,” SHO Kumar mentioned.
That is the second loss of life of a NEET aspirant in Sikar inside a month. On Could 15, Pradeeep Mahich had died by suicide in Sikar.
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Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot mentioned, “The information of the suicide of 22-year-old NEET aspirant Umesh Mali in Sikar is totally surprising. My deepest condolences exit to his grieving household.”
“As a result of NEET query paper leak, a number of college students in Rajasthan, together with Pradeep Meghwal, have taken their very own lives. This isn’t suicide, however relatively the braveness of our youth crumbling within the face of the query paper leak system,” he mentioned. “This can be very heartbreaking that the central authorities stays detached to this agony of the nation’s youth.”
Pradeep’s kin have since met Rahul Gandhi and different leaders. On Monday, they participated within the Cockroach Janta Occasion’s protest in Jaipur, the place his father Rajesh mentioned, “I misplaced my Pradeep, however there must be a strict regulation.” One other relative mentioned that Pradeep spoke to his father on Could 3, saying his examination went so nicely on this try that even god couldn’t cease him from qualifying.
The household claimed that the police administration threatened them to take the physique residence, else they’d be made an confederate within the case.
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On Wednesday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is about to kick off a nationwide marketing campaign towards “the rising disaster of paper leaks, examination irregularities, unemployment and the systematic betrayal of India’s youth by the Modi Authorities” from Kota.
