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Kota JEE Aspirant, 17, Dies After Ninth-Floor Fall as Police Open Probe

Investigators have yet to say whether the fall was accidental or deliberate.

Overview

  • The student was identified by police as Ishan Paliwal of Bhopal, who was living in Kota with his mother while preparing for JEE.
  • He fell from a balcony in a multi-storey building in the Jawahar Nagar area on Friday afternoon and died shortly after reaching a private hospital.
  • Police said his mother was present at the time of the incident and is in shock.
  • A forensic team examined the scene, and the body is in the MBS Hospital mortuary with a postmortem to be conducted after his father arrives from Bhopal.
  • Officers are reviewing CCTV footage and pursuing all angles to determine whether the death was an accident or suicide.