Andhra Pradesh: Scolded over mobile use, class 9 student of Model school dies by suicide

BHOGAPURAM ( VIZIANAGARAM): A ninth-standard student of a Model School died by hanging to a branch of a tree after he was scolded by the principal for spending more time on mobile phone in the hostel.
The incident took place in Bhogapuram mandal of Vizianagaram on Saturday.
The Bhogapuram police station Circle Inspector K.Vijaynath informed that 15-year-old D.Yogi of Galipeta village in Bhogapuram mandal is studying in AP model school.
On Friday. the principal K.Sandhyarani found that Yogi brought a mobile phone to school and took photos along with his friends. She informed his father Rama Suri.
The principal asked Yogi's father to come to school warned that she would issue the transfer certificate as the boy is spoiling the atmosphere of the school by diverting the students with a mobile phone.
The boy's father become angry over the behavior of his son and thrashed him.
The boy Yogi has fled from the school and has not returned home. Parents searched for him in the surrounding areas but their efforts went futile.
Locals on Saturday found the boy was hanging from a branch of a tree in a mango orchard and informed to police and also the parents. Police are investigate the case and sent the body for postmortem.