Class 10 boy kills self after failing home test; brother, parents too commit suicide

Bengaluru, Jun 24: What started with a 15-year-old's inability to doing well in a home test given by his mother and brother ended in the entire family of four committing suicide in separate incidents over the past week. While the boy Chandrateja ended his life on June 16(Friday), the father Subramanya ended his life on June 23 (Friday).

It all started with Chandrateja, a class 10 student failing a test given by his brother Suryateja, a II PU student of Government College in Vishwanathapura. Suryateja and his mother Sujatha were upset with Chandrateja, and she shouted and reprimanded him, police said.

Chandrateja allegedly consumed pesticide later that night, following which he was admitted to a government hospital in Devanahalli after midnight. After being admitted to two hospitals, he died on Saturday. Around 10pm Monday, Sujatha and Suryateja left home when Subramanya was not at home and jumped in front of a train between Devanahalli and Chikkaballapur.

Police recovered their bodies along with a suicide note in which Suryateja requested his father to bury him with his cricket bat, ball and new slippers, next to Chandrateja's grave.

On Friday, Subramani was found hanging at his house in Devanahalli after performing the last rites of his family.