Body of the 17-year-old was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home. (Representational Image)
A teenage boy in Kolkata allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday night after posting a goodbye message on Facebook.
The body of 17-year-old Samprit Bandyopadhyay was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Purba Putiyari in Kolkata, police said.
"We found that the boy had posted good bye on his Facebook wall at around 11.01 pm last night and possibly themishap happened after that. We are waiting for the post mortem report," a senior officer of Kolkata Police told Press Trust of India.
The child's family has alleged that their son committed suicide after being harassed by a teacher from his school for not taking private tuition from the said teacher.
The family admitted that the boy had been scolded for not performing well in school. But they don't believe that's the reason for the boy taking the extreme step. They blame it on the teacher's attitude towards the boy.
"They said the teacher used to ill-treat Samprit for which he used to bunk schools on those days when there wereclasses of that teacher, resulting in low attendance. We are investigating the entire matter," the officer said to PTI, adding nobody was arrested in connection with the matter.
Samprit's friends say the boy was targeted by one of the teachers at the school. They said, he would be pulled up in class and deliberately asked difficult questions.