Surat boy dies by suicide after parents ask him to stop video games and finish homework

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A Class 7 student in Gujarat’s Surat allegedly died by suicide on Monday after his parents told him to put his phone away and finish his homework. The 13-year-old was addicted to video games, the police said. According to the police, the incident occurred after the boy’s father, Amarsingh Nishad, saw his son glued to the smartphone and repeatedly asked him to complete his homework. When the minor continued playing games, Nishad scolded him. The boy then handed the phone to his mother, went into another room, and locked the door, the police said.Later, when Nishad knocked on the door to serve dinner, the boy did not respond. Suspecting something amiss, Nishad alerted his neighbours, and together they broke open the locked door and found the minor hanging, the police said. Though the family rushed the boy to New Civil Hospital, the doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Chowk Bazaar Assistant Sub-inspector Yutika Kaushik said, “The boy was the lone child of the couple, and was apparently very close to his mother. He was studying in a Surat Municipal Corporation-run school on Ved Road, in Class 7. The parents claimed that they received complaints from the school that their son was not regular in doing homework. Surat Police have launched an investigation into the incident. The Chowk Bazaar police reached the hospital and filed an accidental death case after taking statements from the victim’s parents and neighbours. The boy’s father, a native of Odisha, works in a powerloom factory on Ved Road, and the family has been settled in Surat for the past 10 years.Story continues below this ad

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