Overview
- Late on Saturday night the student from Araria district in Bihar was found critically injured under the Vigyan Nagar flyover and was taken to a hospital where she died during treatment.
- Vigyan Nagar police have kept the body in the mortuary and said a postmortem will be done after the family arrives in Kota.
- Investigators are collecting CCTV footage, the student’s mobile and call records, and records from her paying-guest accommodation and coaching centre as they seek to determine whether the fall was accidental or intentional.
- The family reported a final, distressed phone call from the student at the hospital in which she pleaded for help according to local reporting, and relatives have traveled to Kota to press for answers.
- This death is one of several student fatalities in Kota this year that has drawn public and political attention and is likely to renew calls for better oversight of coaching institutes and expanded mental-health support for aspirants.