12-year-old commits suicide after parents scold him

A 12-year-old boy Harsh Vardhan, a student of Class 6, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the bathroom of his house at northeast Delhiā€™s New Usmanpur area on Saturday.

Harsh Vardhan’s parents attended a parents teachers meet along with him where the teachers complaint them about his poor performance.

His parents scolded him in front of his friends and teachers in the meeting. The boy felt it insulting and was very disturbed.

He refused to have any thing after coming back from school and locked himself in the bathroom. When he did not respond after the parents call. Suspecting something wrong the bathroom door was broken open.

The parents were shocked as the boy was found hanging from a rod. They rushed him to nearby hospital where the doctors declared him as dead.