29 November,2012 10:50 AM IST | | Agencies
Alekh Chandra Mandal, a resident of Khandahar village in the district of Balasore, about 210 km from here, was the son of a couple who earned daily wages, police inspector M.K. Deo told IANS.
The 15-year-old was to sit for a test beginning Thursday. However, the school authorities asked him to pay fine to appear in the test.
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The boy was upset after his parents expressed their inability to arrange the money in short notice.
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The boy, who consumed poison Wednesday, died in a hospital after several hours of treatment.
Though no suicide note was recovered, police have started investigation after registering a case against the school headmaster on the basis of a complaint lodged by the boy's father, Deo said.
