Class 9 student kills self as parents refuse to buy him a smartphone

Bhopal | Monday | 16th January, 2017

Summary:

Sujal Mehar, son of police officer Biharilal Mehar, was a class 7 student of Vivekanand English School, in Mandsaur's Garoth area. "We have heard that he was demanding an Android phone from his parents, which they denied. Deepak had told his son that curently he was not in a position to buy him a smartphone, but would do so later. He was a bright student, his father runs a salon.In 2012 a similar case was reported from Mandsaur district where an 11-year-old boy had committed suicide after his parents refused to buy him a touch-screen mobile phone. A student of a missionary school, Subham was the youngest among two siblings..