Student shoots himself dead

Bengaluru, Sep 17 (PTI): A second pre-university student allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his father’s pistol at a bus-stand here early Friday, police said.

According to the police, the reason behind the student, a son of a retired armyman, taking the extreme step is not known. Probe is on, said the police.

His parents hail from Uttarakhand and living here for the past two decades, they said.