Body of NEET aspirant who ended her life cremated in Salem

The assemblage of the 19-year-old National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant, who ended her life, was cremated connected Friday night.

S. Gopika, a nonmigratory of Vellalapuram near Chinnappampatti who prepared for the NEET exam for the 3rd time, attempted to extremity her beingness connected Friday and was admitted to Salem Government Hospital wherever she died successful the afternoon. Various governmental enactment functionaries came to the infirmary and expressed their condolences.

The cadre of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a objection successful beforehand of the infirmary connected Friday nighttime and urged the Union Government to scrap NEET exam. More than 50 policemen were deployed successful the hospital.

The doctors performed a postmortem astatine astir 10.15 p.m. and handed implicit the assemblage to the household members. They took the assemblage to the burial crushed astatine Johnsonpet and cremated it successful the nighttime itself.

On Saturday, DMK functionaries led by erstwhile Minister R. Rajendran and Salem MP T.M. Selvaganapathi visited the girl’s location and handed implicit ₹1 lakh to the parents connected behalf of the party.

(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is disposable connected the State’s wellness helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416, and Sneha’s termination prevention helpline 044-24640050).

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