Bhubaneswar/Jaipur: An 18-year-old JEE aspirant from Odisha allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Rajasthan’s Kota, police said on Friday.

The deceased student has been identified as Abhijeet Giri, a resident of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. He had been staying in Kota since April 2024.

As per reports, Abhijeet was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his hostel room in Ambedkar Colony of Vigyan Nagar area in Kota last night.

Hostel owner Rajendra Jain said that Abhijeet had been living in this hostel since April 2024 and was preparing for JEE. "On January 15, we had a discussion about rent, then Abhijeet had said that he will stay here for one more month. On January 16, at 8 p.m., when the mess man (Sonu Yadav) came to deliver tiffin, Abhijeet did not open the door. Soon after, when the door was broken, Abhijeet was seen hanging from the fan," he said.

After getting information, local police reached the spot and seized the body for autopsy.

The reason for the suicide was not known immediately as no suicide note was recovered from the room, police said.

This is the third case of student suicide in the first month of the year 2025 in Kota. Earlier, two students committed suicide in the city on January 7 and January 8.

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