Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- A nine-year-old boy, Prashant, was found hanging at his house within the Chand Nagar police station limits on Tuesday, December 16.

Speaking to reporters, the boy's father said that on the day of the incident, Prashant returned from school and locked himself in the bathroom. "When he did not open the door, Prashanth's elder brother and mother tried knocking, but received no response," the father said.

Suspicious, the mother-son duo went to the adjacent building and peeked through a window, only to find Prashant hanging with his ID card around his neck.

Shocked, the bathroom door was forcibly opened and the child was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital.

"The doctor was not available. So they took him to anothe...