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A aesculapian aspirant from Coimbatore ended her beingness aboriginal connected Wednesday. She was reportedly nether unit implicit attending the NEET re-examination scheduled for June 21. Police said that S. Anu Keerthana (19), a nonmigratory of Kovaipudur successful Coimbatore, took the utmost measurement astatine her residence.
Sources said that Keerthana sent a connection to her father’s younger member connected WhatsApp aboriginal connected Wednesday, earlier attempting to extremity her life. Family members instantly checked connected her aft being alerted by him. She was recovered successful a life-threatening information and was rushed to a backstage infirmary successful the city. She died without responding to attraction astir 11 a.m., pursuing which the assemblage was shifted to the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital, Coimbatore, for post-mortem examination.
CPI(M) cadre staging a protestation successful beforehand of the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital successful #Coimbatore, condemning the Union authorities implicit the behaviour of #NEET. @THChennaipic.twitter.com/5zaaEfFRdX
— Wilson Thomas (@wilson__thomas) June 17, 2026Sources said that Keerthana, who aspired to go a doctor, had written NEET (UG) successful 2025 and the 1 held connected May 3 this year, which was cancelled implicit a insubstantial leak. They said that she was hopeful of clearing the May 3 test, scoring the people required to unafraid an MBBS seat. However, she was reportedly nether a authorities of slump aft the trial got cancelled and a re-examination was announced.
Meanwhile, members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a protestation successful beforehand of the infirmary connected Wednesday evening, condemning the Union authorities implicit irregularities successful the behaviour of NEET. The protestors raised slogans against Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan and alleged that NEET coaching centres were exploiting thousands of aesculapian aspirants.
They demanded that NEET be scrapped to prevention the lives of guiltless students. They vacated aft elder constabulary officers and Revenue officials held talks with them and the begetter of the girl.
Keethana’s father, Senthil Prabhu, who is the territory caput of the relation of Tasmac employees affiliated to the CITU, said decease by termination owed to the unit implicit NEET should extremity with that of his daughter.
The Kuniyamuthur constabulary person launched an investigation.
(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).
