NEET paper leak claims life, Madhya Pradesh student dreading re-exam dies by suicide: ‘Do not have the courage to….’

Key points

• NEET paper leak fiasco has had far reaching consequences much beyond the administrative hurdles involved in holding a retest.
• On May 12, Testing Agency (NTA) announced that it will hold a retest of this national level medical entrance exam.
• However, this development came out as a stressful news for a Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant from Madhya Pradesh who was expecting around 650 marks in the competitive exam, NDTV reported.
• The gruelling exam and the pressure that came with it was very intense for Akanksha Chaturvedi, who decided to take her life than to appear for the re-exam.
• The NEET aspirant, who hailed from a humble family of Mauganj district died by suicide after reportedly falling into depression.