Overview
- The boy, identified as Arindam Das from near Silchar, was found hanging in a hostel bathroom at a residential school in Pailapool under Lakhipur police station, Cachar.
- Police cited CCTV indicating the incident occurred around 4 am, with officers alerted around 6 am, and they sent the body to Silchar Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.
- The family filed an FIR alleging ragging and named three senior students for abetment of suicide, and police are verifying the accused students’ ages for possible action under the Juvenile Justice Act.
- Officers are questioning students and hostel staff while examining all possible angles, including alleged ragging, as part of an ongoing investigation.
- Principal Viswas Kumar pledged full cooperation and announced an internal probe through the school’s anti-ragging mechanism, adding that a broader three-tier inquiry has begun.