India, Jan. 27 -- A 17-year-old student, preparing for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to get admission to any engineering course, died by suicide in Rajasthan's Kota district on Sunday, marking the first such incident in the coaching hub this year.

Last year, at least 18 students died by suicide in Kota along with one each in Sikar and Jodhpur while another 20 students also died in Kota in 2024.

SHO Udhyog Nagar police station, Jitendra Singh, said: "The incident took place at around 8.30 pm on Sunday night at the Delhi-Mumbai railway track in Udhyog Nagar. He jumped before a train on the track."

According to police, the student was a resident of Haryana's Sirsa. He arrived in Kota two years ago for JEE preparation and had been stayi...