HYDERABAD: Upset over being scolded for playing online game PUBG by his parents, a 16-year-old Class X student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Malkajgiri on Monday. According to the sources, the deceased has been identified as Kallakuri Sambashiva who lived in Vishnupuri Extension in Malkajgiri area (Telangana) and his father, K Bharath Raj is a priest.

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Malkajgiri sub-inspector (SI) K Sanjeeva Reddy said, “The mother scolded him for playing instead of preparing for his examinations. Angered, Kallakuri Sambashiva went inside the bedroom and committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan.” The body has been sent to Gandhi General Hospital for post mortem.

On Tuesday, Bharath Raj lodged a police complaint that Sambashiva committed suicide by hanging himself in his bedroom the previous night after he was chided by his mother, Umadevi, for playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds video game on his cellphone. The police have registered a case under section 174 of CrPc. A probe is underway in the matter.

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