Guwahati: A Class-IX student allegedly stabbed his mother before taking his own life in Guwahati, Assam, on Friday night.
The teenager ended his life by jumping from the terrace of a multi-storey building, the police said on Saturday. His 50-year-old mother is admitted at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where her condition is stated to be serious.
The student of a private school in Assam’s Guwahati allegedly attacked his mother with a sharp weapon, inflicting serious injuries to her neck, at their residence in the Bamunimaidam area on Friday night, a senior official said, as reported by Deccan Chronicle.
After attacking his mother, the teenager left home and reportedly posted details of the attack in his school WhatsApp group, asking others to locate the house and help his injured mother.
He then went to the ABC area of the city and allegedly jumped to his death from a building’s terrace, the official said.
The woman was rescued and taken to the hospital, where she was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
The police have registered a case, and investigations are underway to ascertain the cause of the attack, the official said.
