On June 16, a 24-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide ahead of the exam, on account of stress, in Dehradun, police said. (ANI Photo)A 17-year-old NEET aspirant died by suicide at her Lucknow home early Wednesday morning, three days before the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) re-examination on June 21.The girl was identified as Shivani. While no suicide note was found in her room, Station House Officer, Bazar Khala police station, Brijesh Singh said her parents told the police that their daughter had been upset since the May 3 NEET exam was cancelled.The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday cancelled the NEET-UG exam citing a “paper leak”, more than a week after over 22.05 lakh candidates appeared for it.Singh told The Indian Express, “Shivani’s father, Ranjeet Kumar Yadav, who is a railway official, said his daughter had told them that she had done very well in the previous NEET exam. She was very depressed after it was declared cancelled. She was not able to prepare for the upcoming examination… Whenever they asked her, she used to say that she was not able to concentrate.”The family lives in the railway colony in the Aishbagh locality.The girl was found dead in the early hours on Wednesday. Her parents found her and immediately rushed her to the government hospital around 3.50 am, where she was declared dead on arrival.Police were informed and they reached the spot at 5 am, the SHO added.Story continues below this adThe family did not file any application to probe the matter further, Singh said.On June 16, a 24-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide ahead of the exam, on account of stress, in Dehradun, police said.The victim, Riya Kumari, had been preparing for the retest scheduled for June 21. Kumari had been studying at a college in Dehradun while preparing for the medical entrance test. Her father is a retired army personnel.