Indian boy dies in Canada, mother alleges bullying

Wednesday 17th July 2019 06:19 EDT
 

Toronto: A 12-year-old Indian boy from Bengaluru allegedly committed suicide in Canada because of bullying he faced in school, his mother said. The woman found a suicide note in her son's notebook but could not confirm if it was written by him. The boy’s death was preceded by months of bullying in school by two classmates, according to his mother.

The boy’s body was found on June 21 near an apartment building where he had gone to meet a classmate. She said a police officer visited her three hours later to inform her that her son had died. She said she was taken to a hospital to identify the boy’s body. “When I saw my son’s face, there were no injuries on it. But there was blood in his mouth” said the 39-year-old single mother, who moved to Canada from Bengaluru in March 2018.

“Investigation is open and right now I don’t have any definite answers,” she said. “I came to here to give him a better life. Now I have nothing left.” She also alleged that her son could have been racially attacked. She hinted that the child could have been murdered. “While I was away at work, the two boys used to come to our home to play computer games. They started telling my son not to inform me about this.” She said when she came to know about it, she restricted her son’s contact with the two boys.

“In revenge, the two boys started bullying my son,” she said. She said they informed the vice-principal of the school who assured them of putting a stop to the bullying. She said her son was beaten up and punched by the two boys in retaliation. She alleged the vice-principal did not intervene when the bullying escalated. The boys even accused her son of stealing, she added.

Indian boy dies in Canada, mum alleges bullying

Toronto: A 12-year-old Indian boy allegedly committed suicide in Canada as a result of bullying he faced in school, his mother has said. The boy was found on June 21 in a Toronto neighbourhood.

“Investigation is open and right now I don’t have any definite answers,” said the 39-year-old single mother, who moved to Canada from Bengaluru in March 2018. “I came to here to give him a better life. Now I have nothing left,” she said. The woman and her son cannot be named for legal reasons.

“The school’s action in not preventing bullying has been horrible,” she said. She also alleged that her son could have been racially attacked. She hinted that the child could have been murdered.

The boy’s body was found on June 21near an apartment building where he had gone to meet a classmate. She said a police officer visited her three hours later to inform her that her son had died. She said she was taken to a hospital to identify the boy’s body. “When I saw my son’s face, there were no injuries on it. But there was blood in his mouth.”

The woman says she found a suicide note in her son’s notebook but could not confirm if it was written by him. The boy’s death was preceded by months of bullying in school by two classmates, according to his mother.

“While I was away at work, the two boys used to come to our home to play computer games. They started telling my son not to inform me about this.” She said when she came to know about it, she restricted her son’s contact with the two boys.

“In revenge, the two boys started bullying my son,” she said. She said they informed the vice-principal of the school who assured them of putting a stop to the bullying. She said her son was beaten up and punched by the two boys in retaliation. She alleged the vice-principal did not intervene when the bullying escalated.The boys even accused her son of stealing, she said.


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