9-year-old jumps from 5-storey building in Kolkata, critical

Kolkata | Sunday | 17th September, 2017

Summary:

Representational Image Representational ImageAllegedly scolded by a teacher, a nine-year-old boy reportedly tried to commit suicide by jumping from the roof of a five-storeyed residential building in Howrah on Friday. “Apparently, the boy had a fight with a classmate… When a teacher asked what had happened, the classmate reportedly blamed him… following this, the teacher scolded the victim. Police said locals found Vansh Gupta, a student of St Dominic Savio School, lying in a pool of blood outside his house in Golabari. When he did return, he went to the roof and jumped,” the local added. “He was allegedly not allowed to leave even after school got over at 4.15 pm..