Boy unable to cope with online classes, ends life

The victim has been identified as Vikirapandi, son on Elangovan.

However Andipatti police maintained that the boy ended his life after he was reprimanded by his father for beguiling time on Vaigai banks. The parents of the boy, studying class 11 at a school near Tiruchy, had settled down in a village between Karur and Tiruchy as both were working a stone quarry there.

Owing to Covid lockdown they lost their jobs and had returned to Karattupatti three days ago. Meanwhile, Vikirapandi along with his friends often spent his time on Vaigai banks. His father Elangovan reprimaned him. Upset over this, the boy hung himself using a saree in his house around 7 am. Police are investigating.

Meanwhile, in a tragic incident, a NEET aspirant from Pudukkottai committed suicide since she forgot the application number and password and could not download the hall ticket.

Sources said, Harishma Sri (17), daughter of Ganesan of T-Kalabam near Alangudi, had completed class 12 in a private school at Pattukottai and secured 400 marks.

As the day for the NEET exam had neared, Harishma’s cousin in Karur had got her admit card on Aug 28 and asked Harishma Sri had downloaded her hall ticket. When Ganesan asked, Harishma Sri told him that she had forgotten the application number and the password.

Ganesan scolded Harishma Sri and on August 29, both Ganesan and Harishma Sri went to their school in Pattukkottai to seek their help in retrieving the application number but the teacher concerned was not present. A frustrated Harishma Sri reportedly consumed pesticide and fainted at the house the same day. She was rushed to the Pudukkottai GH where she died despite treatment on Tuesday.

Alangudi police registered a case and are investigating.