THE TEACHERS of an 11-year-old boy who was found hanged in his bedroom saw no cause for concern or evidence of bullying in his short time as a student, an inquest heard.

Tragic Asad Khan was discovered after his mother Farheen Khan forced her way into his bedroom in Tile Street, Manningham, just weeks after he started secondary school in September last year.

His parents had claimed in previous pre-inquest reviews Asad died after he was bullied at Beckfoot Upper Heaton school and had been forced to do other pupils’ homework.

They also said the youngster had told friends he was ‘being bullied’ in the days before his death and had ‘tears coming from his eyes’ when he left a local mosque, Bradford Coroner’s Court heard.

During one of the six pre-inquest reviews in this case, it was revealed that Asad’s student manager, Jane Berry, had told a police officer of a “choking game” that was “all over the school”.

When questioned at the inquest yesterday, she denied referring to the school and instead said she had heard of the choking game through friends she had visited the previous weekend.

She said: “I had been to see friends and they had brought up seeing something about a choking game. This was not in relation to the school, it was just seen on the internet.”

She said she “didn’t see any choking games being played within school and never have.”

Headteacher of Beckfoot Upper Heaton, Simon Wade, told the inquest Asad had a “bright future ahead of him”.

He added he had been involved in the safeguarding of children for over 15 years but had no knowledge of the choking game.

Despite concerns from the family, a number of teachers spoke of the “lovely boy” who “always had a smile on his face” and expressed no concerns of any issues during his 17-day period as a student.

Alex Venables, Asad’s English teacher and assistant headteacher at the school, said: “Nothing stood out to me, I had no concerns about Asad. There was no evidence that he was being bullied.”

Nashreen Irfan, Asad’s form tutor, told the inquest: “Asad was very kind, caring and quiet. He took to everyone, he got on with everybody. He had settled in and was doing very well.”

Asad’s family and Ruth Bundey, legal representative for the family, were not in attendance at the inquest yesterday despite the Coroner Martin Fleming stating they are welcome.