CHENNAI: A class 12 NEET aspirant died by suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills, in Kelambakkam on Thursday.

The deceased Sakthi Pughaz Vani (17) of Pudupakkam was a private school student. Pughaz Vani was awaiting her board results and had also been attending NEET coaching.

On Thursday night, her parents found her lying unconscious in their house and rushed her to a hospital nearby, where she was declared brought dead.

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