Pulled up over WhatsApp status, teen hangs self

Surat: A teenager living in Pal area hanged himself on Sunday night, allegedly after his father reprimanded him over his WhatsApp status.
Police said that the 19-year-old deceased Denil Patel’s father Sanjay gave him a dressing down as he had posted a local ruffian’s video as his WhatsApp status. Sanjay fumed over the status asking Denil to remove it and scolded him over his irregularity at work.
The father-son duo worked together at a popular dairy parlour’s godown in Ichhapore area. Cops said that Sanjay was worried that his son would get inspired from such videos and keep a bad company. The video was about a ruffian from Amroli in which he was claiming to be a ‘don’.
“Denil felt humiliated because of his father’s bitter words, so he hanged himself from the ceiling fan in the kitchen, using a saree when nobody was at home. When the family members returned home around 9.30pm, they were shocked to find him in such a state,” said a police official.
Sanjay called an 108 ambulance but the paramedical staff declared Patel dead. “The deceased was a decent fellow but for some reasons he posted the video as his status which triggered his father’s anger and later he took the extreme step,” the police official added.
A case of accidental death was registered at Adajan police station and after the post-mortem, Patel’s body was handed over to his family members. Police said that Patel lived with his parents and a 16-year-old sister.