The Supreme Court has grilled the Rajasthan government over the surge in student suicides in the city of Kota calling the situation ‘serious’.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said 14 suicide cases were reported from the city so far this year.
“What are you doing as a state? Why are these children dying by suicide and only in Kota? Have you not given a thought as a state?” Justice Pardiwala asked the counsel representing state of Rajasthan.
The counsel said a special investigation team (SIT) was formed in the state to examine cases of suicides.
The top court was hearing a matter over the death of a 22-year-old student studying in IIT, Kharagpur.
The student was found hanging in his hostel room on May 4.
It was also dealing with another case of a girl, who was a NEET aspirant and was found hanging in her room in Kota where she lived with her parents.
