Kurukshetra:

A 15-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district after his family stopped him from playing a mobile phone game, police said on Friday.

The Class 9 student, from Shadipur Shaheedan village, was reportedly addicted to the game, which was affecting his studies, Government Railway Police (GRP) Sub-Inspector Kamal Rana said.

“When the family stopped him from playing, he left home and went to the Delhi-Amritsar railway track near his village, where he ended his life on Thursday,” Rana said.

His body was recovered near Dheerpur railway station, about 15 km from Kurukshetra.

After receiving information, police took the body into custody and conducted a post-mortem before handing it over to the family.

Further investigation is underway, officials said.

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New Delhi:

A girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti allegedly died by suicide by jumping into a river from a bridge. The horrific incident was caught on camera by a passer-by.

The 17-year-old, identified as Hevanti, walked up the bridge, climbed the railings, and jumped into the river. The people gathered on the bridge screamed for help as she jumped but could not save her.

The disturbing video showed the girl struggling in water after the fall and thrashing her arms around before slowly drowning. According to her family, the teen had been struggling with a mental condition for which she was being treated.

“The body was taken out of the river with the help of local divers,” police officer Satyendra Bhushan Tiwari said. The family said the girl’s mental condition had been deteriorating for some time and she was not well. She was being treated, they said. 

The body has been sent for an autopsy and the matter is being probed, the police said, adding that legal action will be taken after the autopsy report comes in.