Baranagar youth commits suicide over results fear

KOLKATA: Arindam Nandy was convinced he would not score more than 60 per cent in his Higher Secondary physics paper. Unable to share his feelings with his parents and depressed at his performance, the 18-year-old decided to end his life. Arindam was found hanging in his house Atapara in Baranagar by his father on Monday evening when he went to call his son for tea.Additional SP (Barrackpore) K. Jairaman said Arindam was a student of the Ramakrishna Sangha Higher Secondary School.
On Monday evening, he was resting in his room on the first floor. Around 6.30 pm, his father Pulak Nandy, a state government employee, returned from office and called him for tea. But, there was no reply. He went up to find the door locked. Breaking open the door, he saw his son hanging from the fan. According to Jairaman, a suicide note was recovered where the boy said he had expected to score 80 per cent in physics. But, after the test he realised that he could not get more than 60 per cent, which would not help him fulfil his ambition.
Meanwhile, officials of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education denied rumours that the chemistry paper for Tuesday’s Higher Secondary examination had been leaked on Monday morning. They said it was just a “hoax� and part of a “tutorial racket�.
Initial reports from Burdwan and Midnapore on Monday suggested that chemistry question papers were being sold in several places. Later similar rumours were heard in the city as well. “We told our regional offices in Burdwan and Midnapore to send a copy to us. On checking, we found that the whole thing was a hoax,� council secretary Dibyendu Chakraborty said.