Chennai: A class VIII student of a private school, threatened with the serving of a transfer certificate on him by his teacher because of his alleged 'unacceptable' behaviour in school and his irregular attendance, attempted to commit suicide by setting himself on fire on Tuesday evening at home in Tiruporur, Kancheepuram district near Chennai.
Dilli Babu (13), son of Jayaraman who is an employee of a private firm, suffered 42 per cent burn injuries and is undergoing treatment in Kilpauk Medical College, said Kancheepuram police. The boy was alone at home on Madath street when he set himself on fire after dousing himself with kerosene when parents had gone out to attend a wedding.
“Neighbours noticed smoke coming out the house and they rushed on hearing the boy shouting to break open the door. He was running here and there with flames on his body. By the time they doused the fire, his parents too arrived and took him to hospital,” the police said.
After an initial inquiry, police said that because the boy was irregular to school, his teacher had asked him to bring his parents to school on Wednesday besides telling him that the school was ready to issue him a TC and asked him to look for another school. The boy on Tuesday evening had reportedly told his parents that he did not want to go to school anymore, which was just before they went to the wedding. Later he set himself on fire.
