The Intermediate Board implements a rule of not allowing students for examinations even if they are late by one minute.
In a letter addressed to his father, the boy expressed deep anguish and apologised for allegedly not being able to do anything for him, though his father had done a lot for him.
A 17-year-old second-year Intermediate student, who was “not able” to reach the examination centre on time “for the first time in his life”, allegedly died by suicide in Telangana’s Adilabad on Thursday. The teen from Mangurla reached Adilabad by 9.15 am for the 9 am exam. He was to report at 8.30 am. While returning, he jumped into an irrigation project and drowned.