On Wednesday night, a class X student attempted suicide by consuming an overdose of medicine that his mother was prescribed for respiratory problem, at his house in Coffee Board Colony.
Zubaid Ahmed, 15, student of Citizen School on Tannery Road, was scolded by the school principal for using mobile phone inside school premises. An annoyed Zubaid consumed more than 10 tablets that his mother used to take for respiratory disorder.
Zubaid fell ill and wasimmediately shifted to a nearby private hospital, where he was treated at the ICU.