A 17-year-old Class XII Science student from Nessai in Sao Jose de Areal allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday night, hours after the abrupt can cellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination. During pre liminary inves tigation, police recovered a su icide note alleg edly written by the teenager. In it, he reported ly spoke about long-stand ing academic stress, saying he had been struggling for the past two years to cope with studies. He also mentioned diffi culty balancing schoolwork with hockey, a sport he pursued seriously, and ex pressed that he was unable to handle the pressure of examinations and compet itive expectations. Police said preliminary findings suggest studies and performance-related stress may have played a role in the death.
No foul play is suspected at this stage. The student also re portedly wrote that he did not want to appear for competitive examina tions anymore, intensify ing speculation that the sudden cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 earlier on Tuesday may have further aggravated his emotional distress. The tragedy has once again thrown harsh light on the crushing psycho logical burden being carried by students navigat ing India’s unfor giving examina tion culture. The teenager, described by neighbours as quiet, dis ciplined and deeply focused on academics and hockey. According to the Mai na-Curtorim police, the student lived with his parents at Nessai.
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His father is employed with the Railway Protec tion Force (RPF), while his sister, a forensic profes sional, is based in Bengalu ru. The family, natives of Karwar, had been residing in Goa for several years. His father is employed with the Railway Protection Force (RPF), while his sister, a forensic professional, is based in Bengaluru. The family, natives of Karwar, had been residing in Goa for several years. Police were alerted at around 11:15 pm after family members informed authorities that a room inside the house had been bolted from within. PSI Ashutosh Naik and police staff rushed to the spot, but before they arrived, relatives and neighbours reportedly used spare keys to open the locked room where the teenager was found.
He was later taken to the South Goa District Hospital in Margao, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. At the time of the incident, the student’s father was on duty, while his mother and sister were away at their native place in Karwar. As part of legal formalities, police conducted a panchan ama and inquest at the scene before handing over the body to relatives after medico-legal procedures. Further inquiry is continuing under PSI Ashutosh Naik.
