Hyderabad, August 13: A class VIII student ended her life on Friday by setting herself ablaze at Dundigal after her mother allegedly reprimanded her for her poor performance in academics.
A Malleshwari (15), was a student of R K Model school. According to police, Malleshwari’s mother, Padma, rebuked her for not performing well in her academics.
When Malleshwari and her sister, Sandhya went to school Malleshwari asked Sandhya to go inside the campus and that she would join her in sometime. Meanwhile, Malleshwari returned home, locked herself in the bathroom, doused herself with kerosene and set herself ablaze.
After setting herself ablaze, she came out running and collapsed on the road. She suffered 100 p.c burns and died instantly.
During investigation, it came to light that Padma rebuked Malleshwari due to which she might have ended her life depressed over it.
—Agencies