Tragic Suicide of NEET Topper from Muktsar District Raises Concerns in Punjab

Impact of Dr. Navdeep Singh's Suicide

The news of the death of Dr. Navdeep Singh has brought a pall of gloom in the Muktsar district of Punjab. Dr. Singh, who belonged to Muktsar and was a second-year MD student at Delhi’s Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), was found dead on Sunday morning. The body of Dr. Singh, 25, who had topped the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in 2017, was handed over to the family after postmortem by Sunday evening. The cremation will take place on Monday afternoon in Muktsar.

Community Reaction

“When he wasn’t picking up calls, his father sent a friend to check on him. The friend found that the door of his hostel room was locked from inside. It was prima facie found that the deceased died by suicide. Inquest proceedings are ongoing. No suicide note has been found,” said a Delhi Police officer.

Aspirations and Achievements of Dr. Singh

In June 2017, Dr. Singh hit the headlines after he got AIR 1 in NEET. He had said he wanted to study at Maulana Azad Medical College because of its fee structure. He had said cracking NEET was his main target and hence he was satisfied with his 88 percent in Class 12 board examinations. His father Gopal Singh, the principal of the government senior secondary school at Sarainaga village in the Muktsar district, earlier told The Indian Express, “I am a Physics teacher, perhaps this was the reason that my son developed an interest in science subjects and wanted to be a doctor.”