19-year-old NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Maharashtra

A 19-year-old medical aspirant died by suicide in her home in Maharashtra on Saturday, July 25, after receiving her score from a re-administered national entrance exam, marking another tragic death amid a national controversy over the test's integrity. The young woman, identified by authorities as Ankita Sangale (also reported as Sangle), was found deceased in her study room in Jalalpur village, Karjat taluka, Ahilyanagar district.

According to police, the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Her mother discovered her after noticing no movement from the room for an extended period. Authorities have registered an accidental death report and are investigating. A handwritten note was recovered, in which the student expressed deep distress over her performance in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and apologized to her family for not fulfilling their expectations or her dream of becoming a doctor.

Family members stated that Ankita had scored 166 marks in the NEET re-examination, a result that reportedly left her 11 marks short of the qualifying cutoff of 177 for her category. They said she had been confident after the initial exam on May 3 but became stressed following...