Representative imageKOTA: An 18-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself to the ceiling fan of his room with his school uniform tie in Ambedkar Colony under Kunhari police station of the city on Wednesday evening.
The reason behind the suicide by Pemanshu Verma alias Piyush, a Class 12 boy, is yet to be ascertained as no note was recovered from his possession. However, the deceased boy reportedly scored low marks in the result recently declared, said assistant sub inspector (ASI) Narayan Lal.
According to family members, Piyush was preparing for competitive exams and had cleared Class 12 this year, he further said.
Police handed over the body to family members after postmortem on Thursday morning and lodged a case of unnatural death under Section 174 of CrPC, the ASI said.