The NEET aspirant who had gone missing two days ago from Belghoria returned home on Thursday morning.

Rakshit Mittal, 20, had disappeared from his Belghoria home on Tuesday on a two-wheeler that was found in Murshidabad’s Beldanga on Wednesday, sparking kidnap fears. He was just stressed because of his medical entrance test on September 13, his family members said on Thursday.

Late on Wednesday, the youth called up his parents to tell them that he was in Siliguri and had boarded a Calcutta-bound bus, police sources said.

His family received him as he alighted from the bus near the airport on Thursday morning. His uncle Dinesh Mittal said: “His father wants him to study medicine. As he had failed to clear the exam twice, he was under stress. He left home unable to bear the burden of his father’s expectations.”

An officer of Barrackpore police commissionerate said: “He only had Rs 1,500 on him. Reaching Siliguri, he feared running out of money and decided to inform his mother.”

Rakshit’s family took him to Barrackpore police commissioner Manoj Verma, who offered the youth chocolates and advised him not to leave home again and share his concerns with his parents.