Two Kota student deaths are under investigation after a 16-year-old engineering entrance exam aspirant and a 19-year-old medical entrance exam aspirant died over the weekend of October 24–25, 2026. The older student’s family has alleged negligence by hostel authorities.

Key Takeaways

  • Police described the 16-year-old’s death as suicide and said no note was recovered.
  • The 19-year-old’s family filed a negligence complaint; police said his cause of death remained undetermined.

Kota student deaths investigated separately

The 16-year-old, from Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, was found dead in his paying guest room on Sunday, October 25, police said. He had moved to Kota six months earlier to prepare for the Joint Entrance Examination, or JEE.

Circle Inspector Mukesh Meena said the student had attended a mock test that afternoon. Police have registered a case and are investigating; a post-mortem was underway.

Family alleges hostel negligence

Gautam Kumar, 19, from Bihar’s Darbhanga district, was found unconscious in his hostel bathroom and died during treatment on Sunday. Police said he had lived in Kota for nearly two years and had taken two attempts at the medical entrance exam, NEET.

His cousin alleged that hostel authorities had not noticed his absence during four daily meals. The family filed a complaint alleging negligence, and police registered a First Information Report.

Circle Inspector Devesh Bhardwaj said police had not determined the cause of death and would await the investigation and post-mortem report.

Next milestone

Police are awaiting the post-mortem report and investigation findings to establish the cause of Kumar’s death.

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