A 16-year-old boy committed suicide after he failed in the SSLC supplementary exam, the results of which were announced on Wednesday.
Avinash Gopinathan, a resident of MS Nagar in Banaswadi, was studying in a private school in Kammanahalli.
A senior police officer said that Avinash hanged himself in the kitchen while his mother Lakshmi was washing clothes on the terrace. The incident came to light around 3.30 pm when she returned from the terrace and found his body hanging. Avinash’s father Gopinathan is an electrician.
Avinash didn’t leave any suicide note, the police said.
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