Maharashtra Class 10 student dies by suicide ahead of board exam 2025; police probe on
Some passers-by on Saturday spotted the student hanging from the tree in Murbad area and alerted police.
Press Trust of India | February 3, 2025 | 12:38 PM IST
THANE: A Class 10 student of an ashram school allegedly dies by suicide by hanging himself from a tree near the institution in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.
Some passers-by on Saturday spotted the student hanging from the tree in Murbad area and alerted police, they said, adding the reason behind the extreme step was yet to be ascertained.
The deceased, whose age was not specified by police, hailed from Khairepada of Jawhar taluka in neighbouring Palghar district. He was the student of an aided tribal ashram school (residential school) here.
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After receiving information, the police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem, Tokawde police station's inspector Dinkar Chakor said. A case of accidental death has been registered as of now and a probe is on into the incident, he said.
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