As he fails in 2 Subjects?
New Delhi: On Monday, a 16-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after checking his result. He failed in two subjects in the CBSE Class-12 exams in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar area, police said.
Arjun Saxena's body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room in a paying guest (PG) accommodation, where he was staying on rent, an officer said.
He added that no suicide note had been recovered from the spot.
Police forcefully break open the door of the room, the officer said.
He was a resident of Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.
Saxena had come to Delhi to prepare for the engineering entrance exam alongside the Class-12 board exam.
He failed in two subjects in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class-12 exams, the results of which were announced on Monday, and was depressed, the officer said, citing the statements of others staying at the paying-guest accommodation.
Saxena's family members have been informed and the body has been kept at a mortuary for post-mortem, a senior police officer said.
They added that an investigation is going on to ascertain the exact cause behind the extreme step.
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