Upset after being scolded by his mother, a Class X student committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence in Southwest Delhi's Dwarka North area on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the deceased, identified as Rohit Kumar Meena was upset after his mother yelled at him for scoring 59 per cent marks in Class X board exams. No suicide note has been recovered from the possession of the deceased.
"On Tuesday around 3.45 pm, police received a call from the Rockland Hospital about suicide of a boy at his house in Kakrola village area. We rushed to the spot. His family members told us that he went to his school in Sector 13 after which he shared his result with the family. He went to his room on the second floor and hanged himself," said a senior police officer.