Gurdaspur, May 3 -- A schoolteacher has been booked for abetment of suicide following the death of a 16-year-old student at a village in Gurdaspur district.

The boy, a Class 11 student and son of an army man, died after reportedly consuming poison. He was in distress following alleged strict disciplinary action by a teacher, said the police on Saturday.

Hospitalised for three days, the boy succumbed on Thursday. During his last rites, his family placed a ceremonial "sehra" on his head in an emotional farewell.

Gurdaspur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Aditya said, "On the statement of his mother, a first information report (FIR) has been registered against the schoolteacher under Section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya...