Thane, March 2 A 13-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide at his home in Thane city, Maharashtra, reportedly due to fear of being scolded by his parents over his pranks at school, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on Friday night in the Wagle Estate area under the jurisdiction of the Srinagar police station, an official said.
Rudra Rakesh Singh, a student of a school in Mulund, a neighboring area of Mumbai, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his third-floor apartment, he said.
The official said the boy's father had informed the police that the school principal had recently summoned the parents to discuss the boy's habit of playing pranks on his classmates.
"Since the father was away, the mother had visited the school. She scolded the teenager and informed him that she had reported his behavior to his father," he said.
The student allegedly committed suicide out of fear of being scolded by his parents, the official said.
The boy was rushed to a private hospital and subsequently taken to the Thane Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, he said, adding that an accidental death report has been registered.
