School Student Sets Himself on Fire in Faridabad

School Student Sets Himself on Fire in Faridabad
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A 14-year-old is fighting for his life in a hospital near Delhi after he set himself on fire in school. The police said they\'re not sure what provoked him.

Faridabad: A 14-year-old is fighting for his life in a hospital near Delhi after he set himself on fire in school. The police said they're not sure what provoked him.

The boy, a Class 8 student of a private school in Faridabad near Delhi, brought a bottle filled with petrol to his classroom in his school bag, said police sources.
He poured the petrol on himself in a bathroom after the school assembly and set himself on fire, they added.
Sources in the hospital said he had suffered 45% burns.
The family of the boy claims that he had been depressed since his grandfather died.
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