NEET claims two more lives! 2 girls commit suicide

Two students from Tamil Nadu committed suicide on Wednesday after failing to qualify in the recently announced National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019.

According to News18 reports, Rithu Shree from Viliyankadu in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu was found hanging at her residence. She had scored 490 marks out of 500 in Class 12.

Another student named Vaishya from Pattukottai district burnt herself down as she did not qualify the entrance test. She had scored 90% in Class 12 exam.

A total of 59,785 students out of 1,23,078 students who appeared for NEET 2019 from Tamil Nadu cleared the test this year.