13-year-old student hangs self after parents rebuke him

Bengaluru: A 13-year-old student ended his life by hanging after his parents allegedly chided him for scoring poor marks in internal tests.

The incident was reported in BCC Layout in Gangondanahalli in Chandra Layout police station limits on Friday night.

The deceased, Satish, was studying in the sixth standard in Vidyasagar school near his house. He was the son of Kumar, a car driver, and Kariyamma. Police said that the couple used to go for work at a hotel near their house every evening.

They had left house around 8 pm and returned by 10.30 pm, to find Satish hanging from the ceiling. Kumar brought his son down and rushed him to a nearby hospital. The doctor referred the boy to Vani Vilas Hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead.

In his statement to the police, Kumar has said that Satish was not studying well and had scored poor marks in the internal tests. “School teachers had also informed the parents about this and they were reportedly scolding him to study well. Even on Friday evening, Kumar had scold Satish and asked him to study well. Upset over this, the boy has taken the extreme step,” the police added. An unnatural death case is registered in Chandra Layout police station in this connection.