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BENGALURU: A 13-year-old boy, allegedly involved in a fight with a classmate, committed suicide on Thursday after the school authorities told him to bring his parents to the institution. The deceased, Krishna (name changed), was a resident of Domlur Layout and the son of a school bus driver. He was studying in eighth grade in a private school in Domlur.

During a physical education class on Monday, Krishna is said to have picked a fight with his classmate and, in fit of rage, poked him in the leg with a compass . The school authorities told Krishna to bring his parents. The boy did not turn up at school and his parents were unaware of it.

When he went to school on Wednesday, authorities again told him to bring his parents on Thursday. Feared punishment from his parents, Krishna left home at 6am on Thursday, telling them that he was going out to play. His parents were sleeping at that time.

Krishna took one of his mother's saris and went to a dry well near the house and hanged himself. The incident came to light around 7am when a neighbour saw the boy's slippers near the well and sari tied to the rota. Residents and the boy's parents rushed Krishna to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

Ulsoor police said, "We enquired with his parents as well as the schoolteachers. Krishna was scared he would be punished if his parents came to know about the incident and took the extreme step." A case has been registered.

