Denied class leader post, teen ends life
REJECTION PUSHES YOUNGSTERS TO TAKE EXTREME STEP
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bengaluru: 12.07.2018
A 14-year-old boy, reportedly upset at not being elected class leader, hanged himself at his home in Ideal Home Township, Rajarajeshwarinagar, south-west Bengaluru on Tuesday night.
R Dhruvraj, a Class IX student of Baldwin Co-education Extension High School, RR Nagar, was upset as he did not get elected as class leader, his mother R Divya told police. The school said the class leader election had nothing to do with his death and there could be personal reasons.
“The election for class leader happened around a month ago. There were four contenders and my son was confident of victory. However, another classmate was chosen. My son was not happy as he thought he had all the qualities of a leader and there was no reason to reject him,” police quoted Divya as saying.
“On June 10 after attending a school programme, became more depressed. He did not go out to play in the evening,” she said. Divya added that Dhruvraj locked himself in his room around 10.30pm. “A neighbour came and we forcibly opened the door and we saw my son hanging from the ceiling.” A family member said that Dhruvraj’s father, businessman Rajesh Kumar, had committed suicide when the boy was a UKG student. “Dhruvraj had seen his father’s body hanging. We’re not sure why Rajesh took the extreme step,” the relative added.
REJECTION PUSHES YOUNGSTERS TO TAKE EXTREME STEP
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bengaluru: 12.07.2018
A 14-year-old boy, reportedly upset at not being elected class leader, hanged himself at his home in Ideal Home Township, Rajarajeshwarinagar, south-west Bengaluru on Tuesday night.
R Dhruvraj, a Class IX student of Baldwin Co-education Extension High School, RR Nagar, was upset as he did not get elected as class leader, his mother R Divya told police. The school said the class leader election had nothing to do with his death and there could be personal reasons.
“The election for class leader happened around a month ago. There were four contenders and my son was confident of victory. However, another classmate was chosen. My son was not happy as he thought he had all the qualities of a leader and there was no reason to reject him,” police quoted Divya as saying.
“On June 10 after attending a school programme, became more depressed. He did not go out to play in the evening,” she said. Divya added that Dhruvraj locked himself in his room around 10.30pm. “A neighbour came and we forcibly opened the door and we saw my son hanging from the ceiling.” A family member said that Dhruvraj’s father, businessman Rajesh Kumar, had committed suicide when the boy was a UKG student. “Dhruvraj had seen his father’s body hanging. We’re not sure why Rajesh took the extreme step,” the relative added.
No comments:
Post a Comment