CHARSADDA, July 27: Fed up with repeated taunts of his family members, a college student committed suicide after obtaining low marks in his first year examinations of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Peshawar.

Sources said that Salman Shah, son of Attique Shah of Bahlolah, Khanmai area, consumed pesticides after his family members repeatedly taunted him over his low marks in the intermediate examinations.

They claimed that Mr Shah’s elder brothers, including Shoaib, Zohaib and Mursalin, even expelled him from the house after announcement of the results on July 25, 2012.

However, the dejected student returned home on Thursday evening, but his brothers again started teasing him on failing to get high marks. Fed up with the situation, Mr Shah consumed pesticides on Thursday night to end his life. — Correspondent

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