SC Pulls Up Raj Govt on Kota Suicides, Asks Why No FIR Filed

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".

- Senjuti Sengupta

JAIPUR: "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 the 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 judgment. Why have you not registered the FIR?" the bench asked Rajasthan's counsel.