HYDERABAD: Upset over being scolded for playing online game

by his parents, a 16-year-old Class X student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Malkajgiri on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Kallakuri Sambashiva who lived in Vishnupuri Extension in Malkajgiri area.

Sambashiva was studying at Gouthami School. His father K Bharath Raj (45), is a priest.

On Tuesday, Bharath Raj lodged a police complaint report that his son Sambashiva committed suicide by hanging in his bedroom on Monday night after he was chided by his mother, Umadevi, for playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds video game, developed by PUBG Corporation, on his cellphone.

“Sambashiva used to play PUBG video on the cellphone and my wife Umadevi warned him not to play the game on phone on Monday night. My son became angry and committed suicide by hanging in his bedroom,” Bharath Raj mentioned in the police complaint.

Sambashiva used to play the online game on his parents' cellphones, Malkajgiri sub-inspector (SI) K Sanjeeva Reddy said.

“Parents had warned him several times. On Monday, his mother reprimanded him for playing video game instead of preparing for Tuesday’s English exam. Sambashiva went inside the bedroom and bolted the door. As he did not come out for sometime, his parents broke the latch and found him hanging from the ceiling fan with a towel,” the SI said.

The family members rushed the teen to nearby LK Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

“We have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC. After the post-mortem examination, the body was handed over to the family on Tuesday,” the SI said.