Hyderabad NEET aspirant dies by suicide ahead of re-exam; probe underway
Sakshi Gupta | June 21, 2026 | 02:26 PM IST | 2 mins read
A 19-year-old NEET aspirant was found dead in Hyderabad. Police are investigating the case and examining circumstances surrounding the incident
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Hyderabad: A 19-year-old NEET aspirant has allegedly died by suicide here, police said on Sunday. The woman, who was staying with her sisters in an apartment in Miyapur, allegedly died by hanging on Saturday, a police official said based on preliminary investigation. Police recovered a note purportedly written by the deceased, in which she stated that "no one is responsible for her death". Police suspect that she died by suicide, unable to bear the "pressure" of the NEET re-exam on Sunday.
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Since the NEET UG exam 2026 has been cancelled, several aspirants committed suicides due to stress and uncertainty. The medical entrance exam is conducting re-exam today, June 21 at 5,440 centres across 551 cities in India and 14 cities abroad.
In similar cases, a 20-year-old aspirant in Delhi, a 17-year-old MBBS hopeful in Goa, a 23-year-old medical aspirant in Dehradun, an 18-year-old student in Maharashtra, an 18-year-old candidate in Karnataka, and a NEET aspirant in Rajasthan's Sikar died by suicide. In most of these cases, police did not recover any suicide note and investigations are ongoing. Some families cited academic pressure, exam-related stress, or uncertainty surrounding the NEET-UG cancellation and paper leak controversy as possible factors, though authorities have not established definitive causes in all cases.
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About NEET UG 2026 Exam
The NEET UG 2026 re-examination is being conducted under extensive security arrangements. More than 95,000 examination rooms are equipped with CCTV surveillance, while over 1.38 million CCTV cameras are being monitored live at the national, state and ministry levels. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is also using AI-based monitoring of CCTV feeds and has deployed 51,311 signal jammers to strengthen exam security. Each examination room has two invigilators, with more than 10 functionaries assigned at every centre. In addition, around 40 to 50 security personnel are deployed at each venue. To support candidates, NTA is providing drinking water, ORS, ambulances, shaded waiting areas for parents, wall clocks in every examination room and additional rough sheets, including provisions for left-handed candidates.
The Re-NEET UG 2026 examination comprises 180 questions distributed across three subjects. Physics and Chemistry contain 45 questions each, while Biology accounts for 90 questions, making it the largest section of the paper. Candidates are required to answer questions from all three subjects during the examination.
(With inputs from PTI)
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