Tamil Nadu: 19-year-old boy commits suicide in Salem hours before NEET exam

Salem: In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old boy, allegedly committed suicide following fears over cracking the NEET exam for medical admissions.

The boy, Dhanush was found dead at his residence at Koolaiyur near Mettur in this district of Tamil Nadu.

He was found dead on Sunday morning hours before the start of the NEET exams.

Dhanush had completed Class XII in 2019 and had attempted to clear the NEET examination for the past two years, police said.

Dhanush was preparing for his third attempt in cracking the exam till late last night.

When his parents went to wake him up in the early hours today, they found him dead.

Police rushed to the spot and sent the body to Mettur government hospital.

Chief Minister M K Stalin expressed shock over the suicide of Dhanush and said a resolution, seeking to permanently exempt Tamil Nadu from the purview of NEET, would be tabled and passed on the last day of the Assembly session tomorrow and get the Presidential assent for the same.

Blaming the Union government for its adamant attitude in not according exemption to TN from NEET, he said the legal struggle in this regard has begun and expressed hope that it would be victorious.

The DMK in its election manifesto has promised to scrap the NEET exam.

AIADMK Co-Coordinator and former Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami paid homage to the body of the boy at his residence and offered his condolences to the bereaved family. (UNI)