Death Result of Ragging, Bullying, Alleges Family

The Boy's Mother Alleged That the Private School Was Attempting to Cover Up the Incidents That Led to the Death to Protect Its Reputation

- HT Correspondent

KOCHI: The family of a 15-year-old boy, who died by suicide in Kochi on January 15, has alleged that he took his own life after enduring "relentless ragging and bullying" at the hands of a group of students at school as well as on the school bus, officers aware of the matter said on Friday.

While the Hill Palace police filed a case of suicide on the same day of the teenager's death, his mother said that she has shot off complaints to the state DGP, the chief minister's office and the child welfare commission seeking an impartial inquiry against those responsible for ragging him.

The teenager died by suicide at his residential apartment in Thripunithura neighbourhood of Kochi on January 15, within an hour of his return from school that day, the family said.