A Class XI student set himself on fire inside premises of his school here on Friday allegedly after his parents refused to buy him a motorcycle, police said.
The boy has been admitted to a hospital in Airoli with 90 per cent burns. He is alive.
"At about 7.15 am in the morning this incident happened. The teenager who is a student of Class XI went to the toilet of the school and poured kerosene oil on himself and burnt himself. Staff at the school rescued him and got him admitted to a nearby hospital," Ashok Dudhe, DSP, Zone-2, Navi Mumbai said.
"He was later shifted to a hospital in Airoli. The boy received 90 per cent burns on his body," the DSP said.
According to relatives of the victim, his parents had refused to buy him a motorcycle.
Police is investigating the matter and further details are awaited.
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