Hyderabad, April 30: After a 21-year-old student failed to crack the JEE (Mains) exam, he shot himself with his father’s pistol at his Neredmet residence of Malkajgiri area in Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. The body of the student was found on his bed. The student who was identified as Sahil, appeared for the recently held Class 12 board examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as a private candidate. RBSE Board Exam 2019: Rajasthan Class 12 Student Commits Suicide After Missing 5 Questions in Physics Paper.

According to a report published in Hindustan Times, he took coaching with Aakash Institute for the JEE exam. However, Sahil could not clear the exam due to which he was scolded by his father for not giving his best. The student committed suicide on Monday night when everybody was sleeping. A case has been registered under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code. JEE Main April 2019 Result Declared: Know Next Steps, Check Cut-Off Marks & NTA Toppers’ List Here.

“He shot himself on his forehead with the pistol belonging to his father Meherdin, a retired army jawan working as a security guard with a private bank,” reported Hindustan Times quoting Neredmet police inspector A Narasimha Swamy as saying.

Meanwhile, the National Testing Agency on Monday night declared the JEE Main 2019 result at jeemain.nic.in. NTA conducted JEE Main 2019 twice in online mode; the first edition in January and second in April.

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