Upset over his ‘low score’, an 18-year-old Sonepat boy, who secured 82% marks in Class 12 exams, committed suicide by hanging himself in his room, police said on Saturday.

The results were announced by the Haryana Board on Wednesday.

Baroda police station in-charge Rajesh Kumar said the boy, who is a resident of Matand village, locked himself in a room. When he did not respond to repeated knocks, the family broke open the door and found his body hanging from a ceiling fan. The boy was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

“His marks was good but still he was depressed as he was expecting to score better,’ said Kumar.

A Class 12 boy, who flunked the board exams, shot himself with his father’s licensed pistol at Charkhi Dadri on Saturday.

First Published: May 19, 2019 03:21 IST