The incident came to light around 5.30 pm, when the mother of the deceased found him unresponsive in the washroom.
Hyderabad:A nine-year-old boy died allegedly by suicide at his residence near Rajinder Reddy Colony in Chandanagar, on Tuesday evening.
According to Chandanagar assistant sub-inspector S Anjaneyulu, the deceased was studying in the fourth grade in a school located within Chandanagar police limits. The incident came to light around 5.30 pm, when the mother of the deceased found him unresponsive in the washroom.
The incident occurred just a few minutes after he returned home from school. “His mother was preparing snacks for him and thought he had gone to the washroom. When he did not come out for a long time, she tried knocking and calling his name out,” the ASI said.
When she broke the door open, she found him unresponsive. She took him to the hospital and informed his father. The doctors declared the minor dead on arrival.
The Chandanagar police reached the spot and shifted the body to the Gandhi mortuary for postmortem examination. “Since the school is not responding, we will start the investigation into the reason tomorrow,” the ASI said.
So far, the reason behind the suicide is not known. “We are investigating what caused this. He has been attending school regularly for the past month. We still do not know if there was any fee issue or the school creating an embarrassing situation for him related to this,” ASI Anjaneyulu added.
The boy was survived by his parents, who worked as security guards in the locality. A case has been registered under Section 194 of the BNSS and further investigation into the incident is underway.
