Class 10 boy in Patna allegedly killed himself with a pistol
A class 10 student in Patna allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday morning. Akshat, son of a doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the city, shot himself with a pistol in his bedroom.
The family lives in the AIIMS residential complex in Phulwarisharif area of Patna.
The reasons for the suicide is unclear say police sources.
The police are trying to find out how the teenager got the pistol, which reportedly has no licence. The boy's parents told the police that they did not have any firearms.
The police have started an investigation into the case.
On June 9, another class 10 student committed suicide in Nashik after she found out she had scored 56 per cent in her board exams, instead of the 80 per cent that she was expecting the police said.
Sakshi Eknath Bendkule, a resident of Panchavati hanged herself in her house, hours after Maharashtra Board Class 10 results were declared, a police official said.
As per the statistics released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for the year 2015, almost 8,952 students committed suicide in India. Of the total suicides in India in 2015, 2% of the total was cited as due to failure in examination.