Body of Jharkhand\'s IIT aspirant found floating in Kota canal: Cops

Body of Jharkhand's IIT aspirant found floating in Kota canal: Cops

Press Trust of India  |  Kota 

The body of an 18-year-old IIT aspirant, missing from his coaching centre's hostel here for the last four days, was found floating in a canal at Degod town near here, police said Wednesday.

Son of Pawan Chand Pal, a resident of station area in district, Pal had been preparing for the IIT entrance test, said Hada.

He had been undergoing coaching at an institute in Kota since April this year and stayed at a private hostel in Vigyan Nagar, he said.

said Pal, a class 11 student, had gone missing from his hostel on Saturday, following which the hostel caretaker had lodged a "missing person" report.

The police had tried to trace his whereabouts, but in vain, Gupta said, adding Pal was said to be "not regular" in attending classes and was "not performing well in tests" either.

Pal had spoken to his father last on Saturday evening after which his mobile had gone off, the SHO said, adding the youth's father told him on phone that his son seemed depressed when he spoke to him.

The study stress and peers' pressure appear to have driven the youth to take the extreme step, Gupta said, adding, no suicide note of the deceased was recovered.

He said the youth's body has been placed in the for post mortem, which would be carried out after the arrival of his family members from

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First Published: Wed, October 17 2018. 22:05 IST