Scolded by teacher, high school student commits suicide in Bangalore

A student of ninth standard in a private school in Bangalore committed suicide after his teacher reportedly scolded him in class.

After returning home from school on Wednesday evening, Darshan, a student of Old Oxford School in New Thippasandra in Bangalore, went to his room on the first floor of the house, locked up the room and hung himself from the ceiling fan, police said.

In a suicide note left behind, Darshan said he was taking the extreme step as he was unable to bear the humiliation he sufferred when his teacher reprimanded him in class for “accidentally” kicking the feet of a girl student sitting in front of him. Accusing the teacher of discriminating against boy students, Darshan has held the teacher responsible for his suicide.

Darshan’s suicide came to light when his parents did not receive a reply when they knocked on the door of his closed room on Wednesday night. They broke open the room to find Darshan hanging from the ceiling fan.

Though the police have booked a case, the school authorities remained tight-lipped about the case.