15-year old student commits suicide over school fees in Karminagar District

Karimnagar: A  15-year-old Class X student, the son of a small farmer, recorded his suicide note in his mobile phone and ended his life by jumping in front of a train after he was beaten by his teacher for failing to pay the fee.

Edula Santosh Reddy, a resident of Abbapur in Karimnagar’s Dharmaram mandal, had gone missing on Wednesday and ended his life on the railway tracks. His body was identified late on Thursday night.

Police said Santosh Reddy was beaten by a teacher in school for failing to pay the entire fee on Wednesday morning. He returned home for lunch and apparently recorded his suicide message in his cellphone. He left a note on a table informing his parents, small-time farmer E. Srinivas Reddy and mother, about the message and



left home. His parents found the note when they returned home from the fields at about 6 pm, and began searching for him. They assumed he would be at a relative's place.

When they did not find him, Mr Srinivas Reddy lodged a missing complaint with the Dharmaram police. Mr Srinivas Reddy stated that his son was tense after being reprimanded by his teachers over payment of his fee.

Based on the complaint, police registered a case and took up investigations. At Peddapalli, some 50 km away, the railway police received information at about 9 pm about an unidentified body lying on the railway tracks. The body was shifted for identification. When they received details on Thursday about the missing Santosh Reddy, the body was identified as that of the student.