CHENNAI: A 16-year-old boy committed suicide at Valasaravakkam in Chennai on Sunday after his mother scolded him over his

and not getting his hair cut. Srinivasan, a Class XII student, hanged himself in his bedroom when he was alone at home.

Police said the boy had been growing his hair more than three months and had refused to go for a

. He had been changing his hairstyle which his mother had not liked, they said.

Srinivasan took the extreme step after a verbal duel with his mother on Sunday morning over his hairstyle.

The body was sent Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for postmortem.