CHENNAI: A 17-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Melmaruvathur, Chengalpattu district, early on Sunday, hours before her examination.
Police said the girl's father had met with a road accident a few years ago and has been confined to his home ever since while her mother worked as a teacher at a private school, where the girl also studied.
She was supposed to appear for the exam at a centre in Tambaram. Around 4 am on Sunday, the girl's mother came to her room to wake her up and found she had taken the extreme step. She woke her husband up and alerted the Melmaruvathur police, who rushed to the scene and moved the girl to a hospital where doctors declared her as brought dead. Police then moved her body to the Chengalpattu government hospital for postmortem.
Police said that no suicide note has been recovered from the girl's residence. They have registered a case and are investigating.
Two months ago, a 21-year-old woman, S Devadarshini, who had thrice appeared for NEET, had died by suicide in her Urapakkam residence.
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