52 suicides in Kota in 4 years, Rajasthan prepares law to attend to issue

JAIPUR: Kota cops taped 52 suicides by trainees, consisting of 27 registered with various training centres, in between January 2019 to December 2022. The optimum variety of suicides in training centres, at 15, remained in 2022. In reaction to a question in the state assembly by Pana Chand Meghwal, MLA, looking for information of the variety of suicides by trainees and their causes in the Kota department, the Rajasthan federal government reacted in a written reply that 53 events were taped in the four-year duration, consisting of 52 in Kota and 1 in Baran. These consist of 16 suicides by university student and 10 by school trainees, the rest being trainees from training centres. The report notes 4 factors behind suicides by training institute trainees – absence of confidence due to bad efficiency in tests at training centres, pressure of adult expectations, physical and psychological tension (total circumstance) and, finally, monetary restrictions, blackmail, and love affairs. The federal government put together the report based upon info sent by the regional administration and the cops. “In a lot of cases, trainees do not leave any suicide notes, requiring us to bring an extreme examination to identify the factors behind the cases. The factors have actually been settled after evaluating a number of suicides from the previous several years,” a law enforcement officer based in Kota stated. Year 2022 was amongst the worst with 15 suicide cases
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