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Class X student hangs himself in E Delhi
Gyandeep was suffering from depression after performing badly in his English test recently, reports Tushar Srivastava.
A class Xth student of Delhi Public School, Noida, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his house in east Delhi. The incident was discovered around 7 am on Thursday.
Gyandeep Singh, 14, was apparently suffering from depression after performing badly in his English class test recently, the police said. Singh had been asked by his teachers to improve his language and a note had also been sent to his parents by the school authorities.
"The parents had also been called to inform about his poor performance and this did not go down well with Gyandeep, who had started keeping very quiet in the last few days," a senior police officer said.
Police said they had also found comments from teachers on Gyandeep’s English notebook that he was poor in the language and needed to improve.
Gyandeep was last seen alive around 10:30 pm by his parents when he went of to sleep after having dinner. His father, Roop Chander works as an executive engineer with the Delhi Development Authority. His mother, Veena, too works with the DDA. "The family stays in Mausam Vihar in east Delhi," said Ajay Choudhary, DCP (east).
Gyandeep probably committed suicide in the wee hours of Thursday. The exact time of death would be ascertained once the post-mortem report is received. At around 7 am, when his parents opened his room, they found Gyandeep hanging to the ceiling fan. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Gyandeep’s elder sister, the police said, is doing her internship at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital while his elder brother is in the final year of his medical course, which he is pursuing from the Manipal University. No suicide note was found from the house.
"We are very shocked with what has happened. Gyandeep was a very active boy with a positive frame of mind. He was not bad in studies. I am not aware if his parents have been called to meet a teacher. Even if they were, these are merely for regular interactions between the parents and teachers," said Neena Sehgal, principal, DPS (Noida).
Relatives and neighbours described Gyandeep as a very cheerful. "He looked cheerful. We never got an impression that he was depressed," a relative said. "We was very well-behaved and was good in studies," a neighbour said.
Email Tushar Srivastava: tsrivastava@hindustantimes.com
