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A 12-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide in Dakhin Nalbari village under Tangla police station in Assamโ€™s Udalguri district on Sunday morning.

The minor allegedly hanged himself in a bamboo pole at his residence when the boyโ€™s grandmother and sister were not at home.

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According to police, the boy identified as Bibek Nag alias Nivash was a seventh standard student of Satgari M E School.

He was residing at his maternal grandparentsโ€™ residence along with his sister.

The body of the child was retrieved by police in presence of executive magistrate Kartik Kathar who has also suspected it to be a case of suicide by prima-facie circumstances.

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Police also didnโ€™t find any suicide note from the site.

According to the grandmother, Rekha Dey and neighbours the child was in shock and trauma after a youth, Sanjay Das, 21 who was an epilepsy patient died in the neighbourhood a week back.

Shajid Khan is Northeast Now Correspondent in Udalguri. He can be reached at: [email protected]