A class 10 student in Gurugram tragically died in a suspected suicide, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and the role of study-related stress.
A class 10 student allegedly hanged himself in a staff quarter of a private school in Farrukhnagar where he lived with his family, police said on Tuesday.
His parents were not home when the suspected suicide happened on Monday evening. The student's father works as a watchman in the school. The family told police that he was under stress due to studies, they said.
According to police, Akash (15), whose family is from Chapra in Bihar, was found hanging by his mother when she returned home around 6 pm. His sister was in another room in the house.
The mother raised an alarm and the school management reached the spot and immediately informed the police.
Police took the body of the boy into custody and later handed over the body to the family after the postmortem on Tuesday.
"Preliminary investigation suggests that this appears to be a suicide case, but the cause behind it is yet to be ascertained. We are investigating all aspects," said Inspector Santosh Kumar, SHO of Farrukhnagar police station.