Overview
- The 16-year-old Class 11 student was found hanging in a locked room in Kanpur’s Kohna area after relatives and neighbors forced the door open.
- Police said a handwritten note claimed he was harassed by 'spirits' urging him to harm his family or himself.
- At the time, his parents were in Bhagalpur for Chhath Puja, his sister was at college, and he was at home with his grandmother.
- Investigators are examining his phone, laptop and online activity and consulting mental-health professionals.
- Senior BJP leaders visited the home to offer condolences, and there has been no formal public statement from the family or the Lieutenant Governor.