Jamshedpur, April 8: Prasenjeet Dey did not ask for his regular allowance of Rs 5 from his father on Wednesday.

His father, Kanai Dey, explained that the 14-year-old boy used to take the money to pay for school fees and books at the end of the month.

But the father did not think that his son?s odd behaviour would be anything serious until he heard that Prasenjeet committed suicide by hanging himself.

The Class IX student of Ramakrishna Mission in Telco, Prasenjeet hanged himself on Wednesday at his Ghorabandha residence as he couldn?t bear the humiliation of failing his annual examinations by his fellow classmates.

The boy?s parents, who remember him as an obedient and dutiful child, saw a change in the son?s behaviour when he suddenly became violent.

The mother was so taken aback by his behaviour that she had to lock him up for a couple of minutes in a room.

?Thoughts of what lay ahead must have been weighing down heavy on him. Otherwise he was a nice child,? said Kania.

?He used to take care of all domestic work, whether it was taking care of the cow or working in the garden. He would even help me run my vegetable shop. What do I do now??' he said sobbing.

The condition of Prasenjeet?s mother Pushpa Devi is worse as she sees the torn saree and the last injury mark inflicted by her son.

?He was upset since morning when his friends told him that he has failed in the final examinations. After his father left for the shop, he came and slept on my lap and tore my saree and bit my hand,? said Pushpa. Later, his younger sister entered his room and saw Prasenjeet hanging from the ceiling.

A.K. Gupta, a senior psychiatrist of TMH, said this type of impulsive behaviour of the younger generation could be easily controlled. ?If parents find that something has upset their children, at least one family member should also be there with the child,? he said.

He suggested that every school should have a counsellor, at least on a part-time basis, to regularly guide the students to cope with psychological problems.