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Coimbatore
Worried over low marks, Class XII boy commits suicide
May 17, 2016
Fearing that he would score very low marks in Plus Two examinations, a 17-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging, in his house in Periyanaicken Palayam on the outskirts of Coimbatore today.
Shaktiganesh, son of Nataraj, a retired postal employee, was a student of a private school in Karamadai, some five kilometres from his house. He was found hanging dead in the room. He had committed suicide when his parents had gone out, police said.
He had expressed fear that he may score lower marks or fail in the examinations, which led to the suicide even before the results were announced, they said.
Sadly, Shaktiiganesh, had scored 861 marks and had passed the exams.
