Student suicide: Boy commits suicide after mother refuses to go for tuition

The suicide of a fourteen-year -old boy in Mumbai's Kandivali areahas caused a great deal of local grief. Police suspect that the boy committed this heinous act due to pressure from his mother to go for tuition. The incident has once again highlighted the extent to which the pressure of studies affects students.

Incident details:

Pant Aarti Makwana, a 14-year-old boy,was told by his mother to go to tuition at 7 pm yesterday. However,Pant did not want to go for tuition.. After repeated pleas from the mother, he finally reluctantly left the house. The mother thought that her son had gone for tuition. But, within a few minutes, their apartment watchman came running and said that Pant had fallen from the top of the building (Student suicide). Hearing this news, the mother immediately went downstairs and was shocked to see her son lying in a pool of blood.

Police response:

The police reached the spot and started investigation. A case of suspicious death was registered and the body was shifted to the hospital for postmortem. The family members' statements did not reveal any suspicious elements, but the police said that they are investigating the incident from all angles. It is believed that the boy took this drastic decision due to the pressure of his studies.

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