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Denied phone to wish mom, boy hangs self in Bengaluru hostel
Other students in the hostel found the boy dead on Sunday morning and informed the hostel management. The boy’s parents reached the hostel later in the day
Mangaluru
A 14-year-old boy hanged himself in a school hostel in Hosakote of Bengaluru as the warden allegedly did not provide him a mobile phone to wish his mother on her birthday, police said on Sunday.
The police said the teen requested the warden for the mobile phone to let him call his mother up on her birthday (June 11) to wish her. But the warden reportedly did not hand over the phone. Besides, when the boy’s family members tried to contact him several times, they could not talk to him as he was not allowed to speak, the police said.
The boy was hurt by this, and he hanged himself before Saturday midnight after leaving a suicide note, they said.
Other students in the hostel found the boy dead on Sunday morning and informed the hostel management. The boy’s parents reached the hostel later in the day, the police said.
Further investigation is on, they added.
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