15-Yr-Outdated Dies By Suicide After Mom Refuses To Purchase Him New Cellphone

Sangli: In a surprising incident, a 15-year-old boy allegedly took his life in Maharashtra‘s Sangli after his mom refused to get him a cell phone on his birthday. In response to police officers, the variety of suicides associated to cell phone habit amongst minors has spiked within the current previous.

The police stated that the boy had celebrated his birthday two days in the past and requested his mom for a cell phone.

However, his mom had refused to purchase him a brand new cellphone citing monetary issues. The following day, the household discovered him useless, reported PTI.

The boy allegedly hanged himself at his home whereas his mom and sister had been asleep, the police stated. The incident occurred in Miraj metropolis on Saturday night time, an official stated.

The official added an unintended loss of life report (ADR) has been registered, and additional investigation is underway, the police stated.

This isn’t the primary such case the place a youngster has taken his life over the problem of cell phone. Earlier in September this yr, a woman had allegedly consumed poison after being scolded by her mom for being glued to her cellphone.

The lady was 15 years previous and lived in Ambernath space. After being scolded by her mom for being on the cellphone, she consumed rat poison on September 26.

She was instantly rushed to an area hospital. As her situation grew to become crucial, she was shifted to a hospital in neighbouring Mumbai the place she died on October 2, an official from Ambernath police station stated, as per PTI.

Earlier, a 14-year-old boy in Indore had allegedly consumed poison after his members of the family scolded him for extreme use of the cell phone in December final yr.