BENGALURU: Reprimanded by his father for watching TV and not attending work properly, a 23-year-old scrap shop employee allegedly stabbed himself to death at his residence in JJ Nagar, west Bengaluru.
According to his father, Syed Saheel had fallen into bad company and was not regular at work. On Sunday, he did not go to work and was at home watching TV. His father Abbas, an autorickshaw driver, scolded him and left for work around 11am.
Saheel rushed to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed himself in the stomach. His mother Reshma administered first aid. Saheel complained of pain in the stomach around 1pm and was rushed to a private hospital, where he passed away by 3am on Monday.
In her complaint, Reshma said Saheel had gone into the kitchen and shouted at her and his father and, out of anger, stabbed himself. He threw the knife on the floor and sat on the sofa in the hall. Reshma assumed he was merely staging a drama to threaten them. Later, she noticed an injury on his stomach. Saheel didn’t complain of pain and Reshma thought it was a minor cut. She realised it was a serious injury only when Saheel began crying in pain.
JJ Nagar police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are investigating.
