Overview
- The 16- to 17-year-old aspirant was found hanging in her Koderma home on Sunday night and was declared dead at a hospital after family members broke into her room, police and multiple reports said.
- Her father told reporters she had been confident after taking the May 3 NEET exam but became upset after the National Testing Agency cancelled the paper and scheduled a re-test.
- Local police registered an unnatural-death case, completed a post-mortem and said the written complaint submitted by the family did not mention NEET.
- The NTA cancelled NEET-UG on May 12 over alleged paper leaks, the CBI is investigating and has made arrests, and the authority has set a nationwide re-exam for June 21.
- Reporting shows at least two other aspirants have died by suicide with families linking the deaths to the cancellation, fueling protests, raising concerns about exam security, and spotlighting mental health and financial strains on candidates.