# Two NEET aspirants die by suicide in Maharashtra and Kota 2026-08-23T16:15:44+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets A 19-year-old NEET aspirant died by suicide in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. Suraj Subhash Shinde, who had been upset over lower-than-expected marks, left a note saying "Sorry Aai and Appa, in my next life I will become a doctor for you." Police have registered an accidental death case, reports Brut.media. Separately, in Kota, Rajasthan, a 20-year-old aspirant from Madhya Pradesh died by suicide on Tuesday. Khooshbu Patel was found hanging in her rented apartment. Police say no suicide note was recovered, though she was reportedly distressed after scoring around 450 marks in her previous attempt. Times Now reports this is the eighth coaching student suicide in Kota this year. The ceiling fan lacked an anti-hanging device, mandatory in hostel rooms under Kota hostel guidelines. Authorities are investigating both cases. A definitive link between exam scores and the deaths has not been established. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Brut.media leads with a personal narrative and the note, framing the death as part of a wider pattern of exam-linked suicides, while discussing uncertainty around causality. Times Now leads with broad facts and the eighth Kota case this year, citing absence of an anti-hanging device as a systemic flaw. Brut is neutral-report with a human-interest lens, Times Now is neutral-report, institution-focused. Both avoid assigning blame directly. The anti-hanging device detail in Times Now adds a policy angle Brut omits. A wider reckoning on student suicide prevention may follow from accumulating such cases, but official data remains incomplete. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - brut.media (neutral report) Leads with note, foregrounds personal story and pattern of suicides - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Leads with Kota case count, adds anti-hanging device detail This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-26T08:57:36+00:00. Tags: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, NEET, student suicide, Suraj Shinde Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/neet-aspirant-dies-by-suicide-in-maharashtra-after-low-score/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/neet-aspirant-dies-by-suicide-in-maharashtra-after-low-score/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/