A 16-year-old boy was found hanging in his house in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, claim reports. The boy was allegedly constantly fighting off cruel remarks hurled at him often.
Reportedly, his suicide note said he was ending his life because he was body-shamed by his classmates who ridiculed his looks and called him a 'transgender.'
The boy left a final note for his family saying, "Papa, I''m sorry as I could not be a good son. I cannot earn like you. I have girl-like features and even my face is like them. People laugh at me. Even I have started feeling that I am a ''kinnar'' (transgender). My life will darken your life and that is the reason why my death is necessary."
"Please bless me that I take birth as a girl. If a girl is born in our family, then you must believe that I have returned," he reportedly wrote in the suicide note.
The deceased's younger brother said, "A day before ending his life, my brother had said when an actor like Sushant Singh could commit suicide, then he too could do it."?Reports claim that the boy took the drastic step when his father had gone to the market and his elder brother was studying in another room.?
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The boy's mother allegedly passed away four years ago and the father, who runs a mobile store in Uttarakhand's Champawat, has been living with the children in Bareilly since the lockdown was imposed.??
The deceased teen was very close to his younger brother. He also loved cooking. His father told TOI that he used to apply makeup and also used to dance like women. ¡°My son was normal, but a few people, including my relatives, misunderstood him and used to pass absurd comments at him and would make fun of him,¡± his father said.
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Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Ravindra Kumar said: "The autopsy report has confirmed that the boy committed suicide. We have also recovered a suicide note. The family does not want legal action against anyone."?
Subhash Nagar SHO Harishchandra Joshi said that the body was handed over to the family after autopsy.
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