Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Student’s Suicide After NEET Counselling Renews Tamil Nadu Scrapping Demand
Shruthilaya was a 21-year-old student who wanted to study medicine.
She had prepared for NEET for four years and received what was described as a decent score.
After counselling, her name was not on the list of students selected for medical college.
She later died by suicide in a storeroom building near her home in Palayamkottai.
Her death saddened people in the area.
Police sent her body for a postmortem examination.
Political leaders in Tamil Nadu used the incident to renew demands that NEET be cancelled.
They said the exam and admission system were causing stress and not giving students enough confidence in its fairness.
A 21-year-old medical college aspirant, Shruthilaya, died by suicide in Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, on Friday night.
Her name was absent from the medical college admissions list after counselling, despite her having secured a decent NEET score.
Shruthilaya had passed Plus Two in 2023 and attended private coaching classes for four years.
The death prompted grief locally and renewed calls from Tamil Nadu political leaders to abolish NEET.
Congress leaders cited 13,999 medical seats and 61,306 NEET qualifiers in Tamil Nadu in 2026 while criticizing the admissions system.
- Who
- Shruthilaya, a 21-year-old medical college aspirant, died after her name was absent from the counselling selection list.
- What
- Her death by suicide renewed political demands to abolish NEET in Tamil Nadu.
- When
- Friday night; the article also refers to 2026 NEET results.
- Where
- Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- The article says she was distressed after not being selected for a medical college following counselling.
- Student
- Shruthilaya, aged 21
- Educational background
- Passed Plus Two in 2023
- Preparation
- Attended private NEET coaching classes for four years
- Medical seats
- 13,999 seats were available in Tamil Nadu, according to Manickam Tagore
- NEET qualifiers
- 61,306 students cleared NEET in Tamil Nadu in 2026
- Previous-year comparison
- The 2026 figure was described as 19.5% lower than the earlier year's 76,181 qualifiers
- Political response
- Tamil Nadu Congress leaders called for NEET to be abolished