Minor boy jumps to death as father gives tab he wanted to elder sibling

The 12-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of their apartment

Upset over his father giving a tab he wanted to his elder brother, a 12-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of their apartment here on Saturday, police said. Both siblings had wanted the device and when the father came home, he gave it to the elder sibling.

A case of unnatural death was registered on a complaint from the father, police said.

As he was going out, the youngster rushed to the fifth floor of the building, climbed atop a water tank and leaped to his death, they said.

A case of unnatural death was registered on a complaint from the father, police said.