Unable to get new mobile for e-classes, Pali boy ends life

VALPOI: A Class X student from Pali-Thane village in Sattari taluka died by suicide on Thursday as his parents could not afford to buy him a new smartphone for online classes.
Police said that the 16-year-old boy, who was studying at a school in Dongerli-Thane, was found hanging at his residence on Thursday morning.
The parents claimed that the boy had a phone, but that it broke after falling to the ground a few days ago, police said. “The parents also claimed that they had promised their son they would buy him a new phone in a few days,” police said.
The boy was rushed to the Valpoi community health centre, where the doctors declared him brought dead. His body was later sent for a postmortem examination to the GMC.