A 15-year-old Class XI student set himself on fire after he was caught by one of his neighbours getting intimate with a male friend. As he was teased and harassed about it, the teenager, with a distinction in his class X examinations, burnt himself after pouring diesel which he had stolen from a car over his body. He sustained 40% burns and is admitted in a private hospital.

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The incident took place at

Madia

Katra locality of Agra

on Sunday. Residents rushed out of their houses when in the afternoon they heard the

screaming as he ran out of his room engulfed in flames. Neighbours and family members of the victim quickly poured water on him, wrapped him up in a blanket and took him to hospital. The boy has been admitted in a private hospital in

the city where doctors said he had received severe burns in the legs and chest.

“He is unable to speak properly. The doctors say he is out of danger but I will only believe it when my son will talk to me,” said the victim’s wailing father, who runs a shoe manufacturing business in the city.

Youngest among five siblings, his friends said that the 15-year-old was a bright student and had earned a distinction in the boards last year. He is currently pursuing higher studies in science and aspires to become an engineer.

Asked why his son had to take such an extreme step, his father said it all happened after a few people in the locality saw him getting intimate with one of his male friends in the nearby park. “The news spread and a some people started teasing and harassing him," the father added. "Upset, he locked himself in the room for two days. He suddenly ran outside the house

on Sunday afternoon and set himself afire by pouring diesel on himself."

AGRAA 15-year-old Class XI student set himself on fire after he was caught by one of his neighbours getting intimate with a male friend. As he was teased and harassed about it, the teenager, with a distinction in his class X examinations, burnt himself after pouring diesel which he had stolen from a car over his body. He sustained 40% burns and is admitted in a private hospital.