Ludhiana: 16-year-old boy ends his life in Meharban village

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 29

A 16-year-old boy committed suicide on Saturday evening at his house at Jagirpur village in Meharban. The reason of taking the extreme step is not known yet.

The deceased was identified as Sanju. As per information, on Saturday afternoon, the boy went upstairs to play games on a mobile phone. When he did not come down for hours, his mother went to check and was shocked to see the hanging body of her son.

Afterwards, the woman raised an alarm and called other family members. The boy was also rushed to a hospital but doctors declared him brought dead.

The deceased’s family told the police that the victim was addicted to mobile phone games and he used to spend hours on cell phone. He used to get angry when his family members ask him to stop playing games on phone. ACP (East) Davinder Chaudhary visited the victim’s house and started a probe.