Jaipur, May 24 -- The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Rajasthan government over the surge in student suicides in the city of Kota terming the situation "serious". "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 top court was dealing with the case of a girl, who was a National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) aspirant and was found hanging in her room in Kota where she lived with her parents, and pulled up the Kota police for not registering a formal first information report (FIR) in the suicide case. "How many young students have died so far in Kota?" the bench asked the counsel. After the counsel said 14, the bench retorted, "Why are these students dying?"It said the task force constituted by the apex court would take its time before giving a composite report to the court. "You are in contempt of our judgement. Why have you not registered the FIR?" the bench asked Rajasthan's counsel. The additional advocate general of Rajasthan government, Shiv Mangal Sharma, said, "The apex court on Friday summoned the concerned police officials and questioned them over not following the necessary directive of filing an FIR in the suicide cases. The court expressed also expressed a deep concern over the rising number of suicide cases of the coaching students in Kota." "Hence, the Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Kota Police for its failure to register an FIR in the recent suicide of a NEET aspirant in Rajasthan's coaching hub and registering only the inquest against the dictum of Supreme Court in Amir Kumar Case Judgment," he added. According to the police, the 17-year-old student, who died by suicide on May 3, was a native of Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur but had been staying in Kota with his family at their own residence for the last few years. The Court was referring to the 14th such case in Kota, while a total of 15 students preparing for NEET or JEE died by suicide in the city this year so far. "She had been staying with his parents and a younger brother. The victim was also preparing for NEET at a prominent coaching centre of the city. She was also all set to take the exam next day," said Arvind Bharadwaj, the station house officer of Kunadi police station. The incident occurred when she was preparing for his final NEET exam at the second floor of the residence while his family members were downstairs. "At around 10 pm, her father went upstairs to check on her and found she hung herself. She was immediately rushed to the hospital where she was declared dead," said Bharadwaj. The officer said that no suicide note was also recovered from the victim while the body was sent for an autopsy at night. "However, we usually take a complaint under 194 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in such suicide cases which has been done in this particular case as well. But no FIR was lodged. The family didn't push for one either," said Bharadwaj. 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. The bench learnt that an FIR was lodged in connection with the death of IIT Kharagpur's student. The top court, however, questioned the four-day delay in the FIR which was registered on May 8. "Don't take these things lightly. These are very serious things," the bench said....