Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jan 20: In an incident which occurred at Doddabommasandra in Vidyaranyapuram here on Monday January 19, a student killed himself with a gun.

The student has been identified as Jitendra (17), son of retired Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, Chandrashekhar, and Geetha couple from Kushalnagar, presently residing in the city.

He was studying in the second PU class of MES College in the city. He had opted for commerce stream.

At around 1.20 pm, when he was alone at home, the boy fired at the bed with a licenced double barrel gun of his father, and then turned the gun at his head and fired. The neighbours, who heard gun shots, came running and informed police. By the time police came to his house, his mother also reached home, it is gathered.

It is said that after voluntarily retiring from BSF, Chandrashekhar was working for a security agency, while his wife, Geetha, works for a gas agency at Malleshwaram as an assistant. Geetha told the police that she and her husband had left home at 8.30 am. Her son, who was to attend preparatory examination at 9.30 am, had absented from the examination, although he went to the college. 'He called me at around 12.40 pm to ask when I would return. He was sobbing at the time. I was taken aback at this development, and repeatedly called him, but he did not pick the call,' she explained.

In a suicide note left behind, Jitendra said he had decided to leave his parents all of a sudden because of certain reasons. He assured that he will be born as the son of the same parents in his next birth.

Although the boy did not mention the exact reason which bothered him, the police suspect that he was overwhelmed by anxiety at the poor performance at the college.