Boy kills self for smart phone

A middle-school student ended his life in Murshidabad district by consuming pesticide after his father, a farmer, could not afford to buy him an expensive mobile of his choice.

The 15-year-old boy, identified as Masud Sarkar, was a Class VIII student of Tentulia High School at Tentulia village of Murshidabad district.
Masud's father Mabibul Sarkar is a poor farmer, who turned down the boy's demand for a touch-screen mobile. The family had two ordinary mobile phone sets.
Masud consumed pesticide on Saturday night after which he was rushed to Lalbagh sub-divisional hospital where he died on Sunday, hospital authorities said.
An unnatural death case has been lodged in this connection