KOLKATA: A Class X student — identified as Akash Das — allegedly died by suicide after his mother asked him to have a little more patience before buying him a phone. The incident was reported around 1.50pm on Saturday from the second floor of a four-storey apartment at Kamdahari Bose Para.
The mother, who has been divorced for close to a decade, is the only earning member in the family. She had asked her son to understand their financial condition, said an officer.
Das, though, had cited his academic pressure to try and bargain for the mobile phone. Cops said they would ascertain if he had actually sought for phone for his own personal gratification. "This is only a primary assumption. We will speak to his friends and other family members to ascertain the exact reason," said an officer.
Das had hanged himself from the ceiling fan using a gamcha.
