Tamil Nadu teen who fought against NEET commits suicide

The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed the petition filed by her and few other students against the examination.

The girl was earlier in the day found hanging from the ceiling in her house, media reports said.

A bright student, Anitha had scored 1,176 out of 1,200 in the Plus Two examinations.

However, she just scored 86 out of 720 marks in the NEET examination, failing to get a chance in medical examination, media reports said.

Until last year, medical college admission in Tamil Nadu was done on the basis of the Plus Two examination marks.

The state was exempted from the NEET system though the Centre had introduced it last year.

The state government in Tamil Nadu had sought an exemption this year too and the Legislative Assembly had passed amendments to continue the existing practice in case of admissions in medical colleges.

On Aug 22, the Supreme Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to complete the process of counselling in case of medical admission as per the NEET merit list by Sept 4.

Meanwhile, superstar Rajinikanth mourned the death of the teen as he said in a statement:  "What has happened to Anitha is extremely unfortunate. My heart goes out to all the pain and agony she would have undergone before taking this drastic step. My condolences to her family."

He posted the statement on Twitter with a caption that read: "#RipAnitha."

Anitha was a daughter of a wage labourer.

The teen belonged to a village located in Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu.