A 13-year-old boy who was addicted to mobile phones reportedly killed himself after his family forbid him from playing mobile games.
The shocking incident happened in the Gautam Nagar area in Koraput town, Odisha, India on Tuesday, Oct. 12.
Manohar, 13, an eighth-grade student of St. Xavier’s High School in Odisha, reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling after his family members took away his cell phone as they banned the teen from playing mobile games, in a bid to ease him off his screen addiction, Ommcom News reported.
The boy had been attending online classes on his mobile phone due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the boy eventually became extremely addicted to games on his mobile phone, spurring his parents to levy several warnings against his heavy usage of his devices.
On Tuesday, Oct. 12, Manohar’s parents reportedly snatched the mobile phone…
