A Class IX student allegedly committed suicide in Kurigram's Phulbari upazila after his parents refused to buy him a smartphone.
Rana Mia (15), son of Nasir Uddin, a daily wager, hanged himself at his residence in Phulbari's Chandrakhana on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday, reports UNB.
Razib Kumar Roy, officer-in-charge of Phulbari Police Station, said, "Rana ended his life as he was upset with his father who could not buy him a smartphone."
Police have sent the body to the local hospital morgue for an autopsy. A case of unnatural death has been filed at the local police station in connection with the alleged suicide.
