Scolded son commits suicide

RANCHI: What could be more painful for a father than to light the pyre of his son? But Afinder Mahto had to undergo this trauma recently.
When Afinder Mahto of Itki scolded his 18-year-old son on Tuesday for not doing the work given to him, little did he imagine that it would lead his son to commit suicide.
Returning home after the day’s work in the fields, Afinder and his son Sukhram Mahto had a heated argument even before they had settled down.Afinder had asked his son to meet a certain person, which he did not. Characteristic to a father, Afinder scolded his son, but soon forgot the matter and got busy in his work.
A little while later, he called his son, but there was no reply. Afinder, sensing something wrong, rushed to his son’s room, which was locked from inside. After knocking several times on the door, Afinder, with the help of his neighbours, broke the ceiling of his son’s room. There, they found Sukhram lying unconscious on the floor.
Apparently Sukhram had gulped a bottle of pesticides, used for spraying in the fields. Sukhram was rushed to hospital but died on the way. While the family was still mourning, police arrived on the spot on receiving information about the unnatural death. According to police, Afinder’s first wife Risha Devi, who is the mother of Sukhram, accused Afinder of torturing his son and forcing him to commit suicide.
Section 206 of the Indian Penal Code was invoked against the father and an FIR was registered. Afinder was sent to jail.
As the offence was non-bailable, Afinder’s lawyer had a tough time in getting the court’s permission to enable Afinder to at least lit the pyre of his son.