Kanpur: A 16-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after being scolded by his mother for failing in his exams in Trivedi Nagar area here, police said on Tuesday.
Amit, son of Sushil Tiwari, had failed in his Class XI exams recently. On Monday evening, when he was going out to play his mother scolded him following which he got upset and went back to his room.
Late in the evening when he did not come out of his room, the family members went there and found him hanging from a ceiling fan, they said.
As soon as the neighbours heard their screams, they reached there and rushed him to a near by hospital. He was later transferred to the Medical college where he was declared dead, they said.
Police have registered a case and investigation are on into the matter, they said.
