CHENNAI: A 16-year-old boy, and a Class 11 student at a private school, leapt to his death from the fourth-floor balcony of his home in Chetpet on Wednesday evening.
The boy was allegedly depressed over consistent bullying by some of his classmates, preliminary investigations have revealed.
Residents and staff in the apartment complex who heard the loud thud rushed to find the teenager lying unconscious with blood injuries and took him to a hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
Chetpet Police are investigating. Police are checking if the deceased minor boy had left behind any suicide note at home.
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