Frustrated at being called a &lsquo;baylya&rsquo;, Marathi slander for gay, a 17-year-old boy tried committing suicide by jumping off a 40-ft high skywalk in Ulhasnagar on Wednesday.
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<img title="Bhushan Mundokar recuperating at the civic-run Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/mar/Bhushan-Mundokar.jpg" alt="Bhushan Mundokar recuperating at the civic-run Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar" /> Bhushan Mundokar recuperating at the civic-run Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar
Thankfully, Bhushan Bhimrao Mundokar survived the fall and only fractured his left arm. He is currently recuperating at the civic-run Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar.
A student of FYJC (Commerce) at SST College in Ulhasnagar-4, Bhushan resides with his father, mother and elder brother at Hanuman Nagar in Ulhasnagar-2. The Mundokars had shifted from Akola to Ulhasnagar about five years ago.
Speaking to mid-day, Bhushan said, &ldquo;My classmates have been teasing me &lsquo;baylya&rsquo; for the last two months, but I would ignore them. I rarely made friends thinking that even they would start mocking me. My college starts at 11.30 am and mostly ends by 3 pm, after which I return home. On Wednesday, I left home at 11 am as usual and took the skywalk to crossover to the eastside to take an auto for college. While walking on the skywalk, I suddenly remembered the insults I was being subjected to on a daily-basis. Though I contemplated on retaliation, I feared the backlash. In the past, they had ganged up and thrashed me. The next thing I remember after regaining consciousness is that I was on a hospital bed with a fractured arm.&rdquo;
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An aspiring CA, Bhushan added that he is scared to go back to the college and will miss out on a year as the final exam starts today because he won&rsquo;t be able to appear due to his injury.
Parent speak Bhimrao, a plumber by profession, said it were the passersby who noticed Bhushan lying unconscious below the skywalk and rushed him to the hospital. &ldquo;One of them managed to secure my elder son&rsquo;s number from Bhushan&rsquo;s phone and informed Ashish about the mishap. He then called and asked me to meet him at the hospital,&rdquo; he added.
Doc speak Vijay Kalbande, additional civil surgeon, Central Hospital, said, &ldquo;Besides treating him for a fractured arm, the boy is being counselled by experts. There is a possibility that he took the drastic step due to the ongoing emotional turmoil within him. Counselling programmes should become a part of our school and college syllabus, so that kids don&rsquo;t take extreme steps at a tender age.&rdquo;
Different viewpoint Speaking to mid-day, JC Purswani, SST College principal, offered a different version of the incident. He said, &ldquo;I personally visited the boy in the hospital. With the finals starting on Friday, the student and his parents were extremely tense. I told them to submit a medical certificate so that the boy can appear for exams during the next round.&rdquo;
When asked about the action he would be initiating against the boys Bhushan has accused of harassing him, Purswani said, &ldquo;I personally feel that Bhushan was extremely nervous with the upcoming exams, as he hadn&rsquo;t prepared well. I have suggested his parents to visit the college once he recovers so that we could ascertain the exact reason behind him taking the drastic step.&rdquo;

Frustrated at being called a &lsquo;baylya&rsquo;, Marathi slander for gay, a 17-year-old boy tried committing suicide by jumping off a 40-ft high skywalk in Ulhasnagar on Wednesday

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