
CHANDIGARH, June 7: A 16-year-old boy reportedly committed suicide after he failed to get through the Class X examination here today.
Sources said that Raju, a student of Sector 22 Government High School, hanged himself by a cloth from a hook in the ceiling at his residence in Dadumajra colony here. He was rushed to the PGI where he was declared quot;brought deadquot;.
Quoting his elder brother, Raj Kumar, police sources said that he returned home in the afternoon from his school. He told Raj Kumar about his result and then went to the other room saying that he felt like sleeping. It was a later in the afternoon that they discovered that he had hanged himself.
Raju8217;s father, who drives an autorickshaw for a living, was in another room along with Raj Kumar and his daughter. His mother, who works as domestic servant, was not at home. Raj Kumar said that Raju looked very depressed when he told him about the result.