Denied smartphone, Nalanda boy ends life

Patna | Friday | 9th June, 2017

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"We came to know that a few days back the boy had gone to the house of one of his relatives when he saw a high-end smartphone. His father Satyendra Prasad, a roadside fruit vendor, was not is a position to buy him such an expensive phone. PATNA: A 14-year-old boy allegedly ended his life at his house in Nalanda Colony under Laheri police station in Nalanda district on Thursday after his father refused to buy him an expensive smartphone Police sources said the mother of the boy, Suraj Kumar, found him hanging from the ceiling fan of the house with a sari around 11am. According to family members of the boy, he probably committed suicide for his father's refusal to buy him a smartphone of his choice.Sources said the boy was given a cellphone worth around Rs 8,000 by his parents last month, but he wanted a high-end smartphone worth around Rs 20,000. "No suicide note was recovered from the spot..