Bhopal, Feb 10 (IANS) A 12-year-old Indore boy committed suicide allegedly because his teacher harassed him for not paying the school fees for two months, the police said Saturday.

Rahul Pal, a Class 8 student of Little Moon High School, complained of stomach ache Thursday and sought permission of his teacher to go home. But the teacher forced him to sit in the class the whole day. The next day the teacher sent him home as he had not completed his homework owing to ill health.

In the afternoon, Rahul committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his residence while his parents were out at work.

"My son was being harassed because we were not able to pay the monthly tuition fee for the past two months," Rahul's father told the police. "This forced him to end his life."

The school management, however, has denied the allegation. "The boy left the school on Thursday without any intimation and also did not turn up on Friday, perhaps because his mother scolded him and he committed suicide," school principal Suresh Roy said.

"No one harassed or pressurised the boy for the fees. There were students in the school who have not paid the fees for six months," he said.

The police have registered a case and are looking into the matter.