A 24-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide ahead of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), on account of stress, Tuesday 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.

On Tuesday morning, when Kumari’s mother found her room locked from the inside in their Patel Nagar house, she informed her husband and forced the door open. They found Kumari dead and informed the police around 11.30 am.

The circle officer, Sadar, Ankit Kandari, said that they have recovered a suicide note, where Kumari apologised for the decision. “I love you, Papa; I am sorry. This is not due to anyone’s fault; this is due to my incompetence,” Kandari quoted the letter as saying.

The family denied a postmortem, and the body was cremated Tuesday. “We will probe that she was being pressured and was in distress over it,” said Kandari.

The police post in charge of the area, Jaiveer Singh, said that she had been preparing for multiple examinations and would stay put in her room for hours. When she did not step out for breakfast Tuesday, her parents grew tense. The family said that they last saw her the previous night, when she was studying.