
Hyderabad: A 12-year-old boy died by suicide in Bhadradri Kothgudem on Wednesday, April 8, after being scolded by his parents.
The deceased was identified as Bhukya Mahender, a student of class 6 studying in DAV School at KTPS residential quarters complex. The incident occurred in Palvancha mandal in the evening, when Mahender hung himself from a ceiling fan at his residence.
According to the Palvancha Town police, Mahender’s cousin had visited him a few days ago. Upon seeing his cousin’s cycle, the boy asked his parents to buy him one. However, his parents scolded him, and the boy was upset over it.
Mahender’s parents found him hanging later and rushed him to a government hospital where the doctors declared the boy dead.
Speaking to Siasat.com Palvancha Town police said, ” Mahender had asked his parents to buy him a cycle and they scolded him. The boy died by suicide at 5:30 PM in his room.” The police registered a case of suspicious death under section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanahita (BNSS).