A 13-year-old boy, Arvin Rajabhau Khope, was discovered hanging in the washroom of the Swami Vivekanand Vidyalaya hostel in Latur, Maharashtra. Police suspect suicide and have registered an abetment of suicide case against two hostel employees at the MIDC police station.

Arvin, a resident of Pangari in Beed district, was enrolled at the school by his truck driver father earlier this year. On Monday afternoon, the hostel staff informed his parents that he had run away, but his body was later found late at night. The two employees fled after the discovery, and a search is underway for them. Initially, the boy's parents refused to take possession of the body, but eventually agreed after police intervention.