By Staff Reporter
A 17-year-old form three student at Ntaja CDSS in Machinga district Lauchi Bernard has committed suicide after receiving a warning letter from Yoneco that he was going to be arrested for having an affair with a 16-year-old girl.
The boy is reported to have been going around with the girl (name withheld) who is a student at a certain private secondary school in the area.
Apon realising about the affair, the girls’ parents lodged a complaint at Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco) offices in the area whose officials sent the boy a warning letter on Monday morning.
Reports indicate that the letter was a warning to the boy that he was going to be arrested if he was going to continue his relationship with the girl.
This did not go down well with the boy who has just passed his JCE exams, and he took pesticides to take his own life.
He was found unconscious by his relatives and was then rushed to Ntaja Health Center where he was referred to Machinga District Hospital in Liwonde and was pronounced dead apon arrival at the hospital.
Meanwhile police have confirmed about Benard’s death but declined to comment more on what might have prompted the boy to commit suicide.
The body of Lauchi Bernard has since been laid to rest in Ntaja. He hailed from Group Village Headman Ntaja in the district.
