New Delhi: Three students preparing for competitive exams in Rajasthan’s Kota have allegedly died of suicide in two separate incidents, police said on Monday.Two deceased were from Bihar while the other was a native of Madhya Pradesh, they said, adding that no suicide notes were found yet.The deceased were identified as Ankush Anand (18), a NEET aspirant, who hailed from Bihar’s Supaul district, and Ujjwal Kumar (17), a JEE aspirant from Gaya district.Both Bihar natives were found hanging from ceiling fans in their respective rooms early Monday morning in the same Paying Guest accommodation in the Talwandi area under Jawahar Nagar police station, police said.While Pranav Verma (17), a NEET aspirant from Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, allegedly consumed some poisonous substance in his hostel room located under the Kunhari police station area late Sunday night, they said.Anand and Kumar had been preparing for their entrance exams in the same coaching institute of the city for around two years, DSP and CO Jawahar Nagar area Amar Singh said.When they did not open the doors of their rooms till around 11 am on Monday morning, other students inquired and informed the caretaker of the PG, who reported the matter to the police, the CO said.The police rushed to the PG and broke open the doors of the two rooms, and found the boys hanging from the ceiling fans, the officer said.The duo were likely to have committed suicide either early in the morning or intervening night of Sunday and Monday, however, the exact time could be ascertained only after the postmortem, he said.Initial inquiry revealed that both were irregular in attending their coaching classes for quite a long time and were out of track with their studies and that was likely to have driven them to stress and to take the extreme step, the senior officer said.However, no suicide notes were recovered from their rooms, he added.Ujjwal Kumar’s sister has also been taking coaching in Kota and living in a girl’s hostel in the same area, police said.Madhya Pradesh’s Pranav Verma was found lying unconscious in the gallery of his hostel late Sunday night at around 12 am, Circle Inspector at Kunhari police station Ganga Sahay Sharma said.The teenager was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead, he added.The deceased had been taking coaching for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) NEET – a pre-medical entrance test, for the last two years, police said. The body was handed over to his family members after the postmortem, they said.Coaching centres in Rajasthan’s Kota have for long earned a dubious distinction of driving several young men and women preparing for entrance exams to suicide due to the extreme pressure they were subjected to in order to perform. Measures such as setting up a hotline for students seeking counselling among others could not prevent suicides. In 2016, the Rajasthan government constituted a state-level panel to prepare a legislative draft for the regulation of coaching centres to reduce stress among those studying at such institutes. However, there has been no public information on the draft yet.(With PTI inputs)If you know someone – friend or family member – at risk of suicide, please reach out to them. The Suicide Prevention India Foundation maintains a list of telephone numbers they can call to speak in confidence. Icall, a counselling service run by TISS, has maintained a crowdsourced list of therapists across the country. You could also take them to the nearest hospital.