11-year-old ends life as bro takes his samosa; another teen kills self

Nagpur: An 11-year-old boy ended his life on Sunday after his elder brother took away his samosa at Ganga Nagar on Katol road. In another incident, a 13-year-old boy was found hanging from ceiling fan at his Anand Nagar home by the family on Monday morning.
The 11-year-old had used his mother’s saree to hang himself in the kitchen. In the case of 13-year-old, the boy first covered his face with a pillow cover and then used a scarf to hang himself from the grill of the window in the drawing room as rest of the family slept inside. Gittikhadan police have seized his mobile phone, iPad and tablet to ascertain whether it was some online activity that may have prompted him to end life.
Sources stated the teen was an early riser who would offer his parents warm water in the morning as a measure to fight Covid. Police said the teen was found standing on the floor and likely died due to tigtened noose around the neck.
The suicides of two children, both student of Standard VIII, have left the city shocked. In the second case, the reason behind the teenager’s drastic decision was not known even to the family. His father, a cop with crime branch, could only state his son used to spend much time on mobile phone and iPad. The victim was also a topper in class. The teen’s father had gifted him the gadget about a month ago.
Dr Sudhir Bhave, well-known psychiatrist, said the ‘frustration tolerance’ in the young generation had reduced considerably compared to earlier generation. “They seem not prepared to hear a “No’. After getting their demands fulfilled more easily than in yesteryears, the present generation seems to have become more prone to react adversely to anything not happening as per their wish,” he said.
“The impulsivity in children is likely driving them to take such steps. We need wise parenting as one of the tools to avoid such tragedies,” he said.
In the first case, the 11-year-old is learnt to have taken Rs 10 from home without informing parents and had purchased a samosa with it. His elder brother informed their mother about his brother’s taking away the money and buying samosa. He had also snatched the samosa from younger sibling and eaten it. The family is poor and the victim’s father makes ends meet by selling vegetables.
Though their mother permitted younger son to buy another samosa, he went inside the kitchen and hanged himself. Gittikhadan police have registered the two cases as accidental deaths.