A 14-year-old boy of Class-VIII committed suicide as his father failed to buy a mobile phone for him to attend online classes at Kalasimuli village under Baliapal block of Baleswar district on Tuesday.
The boy, who was a student of the Kalasimuli Nodal School, had told his father to buy a smartphone for him as the device was necessary for online classes. His father had promised him to buy a mobile phone after paddy harvesting and with subsequent income.
Shockingly, the boy took the extreme step of hanging himself when no one was present at the house.A pall of gloom descended on the locality after the tragic incident.