Pulled up for watching TV, boy dies by suicide in Noida

NOIDA: A 12-year-old boy died by suicide on Tuesday night in the Phase 2 area, police said, allegedly after being reprimanded by his mother for watching television for long hours.

Officials said the child, a Class 5 student, was scolded earlier in the evening and warned that the family's cable connection would be disconnected if the behaviour continued. Police said the boy appeared distressed following the reprimand. Later that night, he was found hanging inside the family's home.


A team from Phase 2 police station, which reached the spot after the family alerted the cops, did not find any suicide note. An officer said the statements of family members were being recorded as part of the inquiry. The boy's parents work as daily wage labourers.

The incident follows the deaths of three girls, half-sisters who were found lying next to each other on the premises of Bharat City in Ghaziabad on Wednesday, directly below the bedroom window of their ninth-floor apartment.

Police said the girls were deeply interested in Korean music and entertainment, including films, dramas, web series and cartoons, and had reportedly fallen out with their father after he rebuked them over what he saw as an excessive fixation on Korean content.