A 12-year-old student was today found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a toilet of his school here, official sources said.
Najeeb Bin Noor, a resident of Tengpora and studying at a school in posh Rajbagh locality of the city, had gone to the toilet but did not return to the classroom for a long time, the sources said.
The boy was later found dead inside the toilet, they said.
The school's principal informed the police about the mysterious death of the student, the sources said, adding that a police team, along with forensic experts, reached the school and seized the body which has been sent for post-mortem to ascertain the cause of his death.