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Rejected
by dance reality shows, 9-year-old hangs self
Saturday February 12, 2011 06:11:45 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: Parents of
nine-year-old Sandeep Mondal used to watch in bemusement when
their son used to prance in front of the TV, nursing his dream of
appearing in at least one of the numerous dance reality shows. But
nothing could have prepared them for the horror of Friday night -
when they found him hanging from the ceiling of their home.
Sandeep, a class five student living in Kasba area of West
Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, was dejected after failing to
qualify for dance shows, police said Saturday.
Since the financial condition of the family was not good, his
parents could not send him to a dance school.
"Sandip used to learn dancing on his own by watching TV. In the
last couple of months, he appeared in 5-6 auditions of several
dance reality shows. However, he was not selected anywhere. He was
suffering from depression, as we were told by his neighbours,"
officer-in-charge of Kasba police station Goutam Chattopadhyay
said.
A senior police officer said Sandip was supposed to appear in
another audition Friday, but his parents refused him the money.
An argument followed and they left for their jobs. When his mother
returned at around 9 p.m., she found her son hanging from the
ceiling.
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