Student of residential school found dead, parents suspect foulplay

VIJAYAPURA: A 15-year-old student of a private residential school was found dead in his room at Talikote town on Monday. The deceased is Madiwalappa Chabanur, hailing from Boragi village in Sindagi taluk and a student of Sri Vinayaka International Residential School.

On Monday morning, the hostel warden informed the boy’s parents that he had committed sucidide. But the parents have expressed doubts and blamed the school authorities for his death.

A death note, written by the boy in blood, asks his parents to be happy and not to remember him and adds that he too would be happy. However, Madiwalappa’s parents disputed that the death note was written by him.

The Talikote police visited the school and have taken up further investigation.