A tragic case was reported in Hyderabad where a nine-year-old Class 4 student, Prashanth, allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Rajendra Reddy Nagar Colony of Chanda Nagar on Tuesday evening. The boy, a student of a private school, hanged himself in the washroom using the tag of his school ID card attached to a binding wire.
Discovery
Prashanth had returned home from school and went to the washroom without changing his uniform. When he did not come out for a long time, his family members knocked on the door. After receiving no response, they broke it open and found him hanging. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Police Action
Police shifted the body to Gandhi Hospital for postmortem examination and registered a case of death under suspicious circumstances at Chandanagar Police Station under the Cyberabad Commissionerate. Investigating officers recorded statements from his parents, teachers, and classmates to determine the possible reasons behind the incident. They are probing whether the boy had a fight with another student or was scolded by teachers.
Family Background
Prashanth was the younger of two sons of Shankar and Parvathi, who hail from Kothapalli village in Medak district. Shankar works as a watchman in the apartment building where the family resides and had earlier worked as a driver in the same school where his son studied. The boy’s body was handed over to the family after postmortem and later shifted to their native village for last rites.
Similar Case
A similar incident was reported in 2022 in Rajendranagar, where another Class 4 student died by suicide after being scolded by his mother for not completing homework.