Boy seeks permission to end life; PMO instructs Bhagalpur officials to order probe

Bihar/ India: A 15-year-old boy with roots here has shot off a letter to the President expressing his distress over strained relations between his parents and seeking “permission” to end his life, officials said here Tuesday.

The boy currently resides in Jharkhand where his father is a government official. His mother works at a bank in Patna.
Bhagalpur district administration officials said the matter came to light recently, when they were alerted by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) about the two-month-old letter.
The PMO has issued instructions to conduct a thorough investigation and take necessary action, they said.
The boy’s letter was apparently sent to the PMO from the President’s office, the officials said.
The boy’s father is currently posted in Deoghar in Jharkhand, as a manager in the state rural development department while his mother lives in Patna where she is posted as an assistant manager in a bank, sources said.
After spending his early childhood at the NTPC, Kahalgaon, in Bhagalpur from where his grandfather retired, the boy shifted to Deoghar where he is living with his father and pursuing his studies, they said.
His grandfather and paternal uncles squarely blamed his mother for strained relations with her husband, and also alleged both have lodged cases accusing each other of being involved in extra-marital relationships, the sources said.
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