Vadodara: A 15-year-old Class XII student committed suicide by hanging himself at his house Manjalpur on Thursday evening.
Paras Jha, a resident of Keshav Green Society, was studying in science stream. Jha’s family members said that he was paranoid about Covid-19 infection, but police said that they are yet to ascertain the exact reason behind his suicide.
Jha was attending online classes in his room on Thursday evening while sister was in another room. “Their parents were out for shopping. After they returned, his sister knocked on the door of Jha’s room. When he didn’t open it for some time, his parents broke into the room and found him hanging from the ceiling fan,” said B G Chetariya, Manjalpur police inspector.
“The boy’s maternal uncle said that they don’t know the reason behind the suicide. They just knew that Jha was scared of Covid-19 and hardly went out of house. His parents said that he was very good at studies,” Chetariya told TOI.