Scolded for smoking in school, boy ends life

Akshay Sudarshan Lokhande (17), a student of class XII in a school in Dhantoli, was caught by a teacher recently while he was allegedly smoking in the school.u00a0

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The school authorities called his family and informed them about his behaviour, police said, adding that the boy was also allegedly scolded by a school teacher because of which he felt humiliated.u00a0

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The boy ended his life by jumping into a well on September 5.u00a0

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The family alleged that the boy was rusticated from the school which led him to take the drastic step.u00a0

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Some relatives and friends of Lokhande yesterday staged a demonstration outside the Ajni police station and demanded that the school principal, the teacher and the administrative officer be booked for abetment to suicide.u00a0

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When contacted, the school's administrative officer, Trupti Ghosh, said the family was informed about the boy's "irresponsible" behaviour in his and other staff members' presence. S

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he also said Akshay was not rusticated from the school, as alleged by his parents, but only suspended.

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