Student sets himself on fire at Delhi school

November 26, 2014 16:38

A 14-year-old is fighting for his life in a hospital near Delhi after he set himself on fire in school. The family alleged that he was being harassed by a teacher.

The boy, a Class 8 student of a private school in Faridabad near Delhi, had taken a bottle filled with petrol to school, said police sources. He poured the petrol on himself in a bathroom after the school assembly and set himself on fire. The CCTV footage from the school showed him going alone into the bathroom, an officer said. -- NDTV.

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