Overview
- Police in Hubballi said a 13–14-year-old boy in the Udaynagar area died by suicide after his mother took away his mobile phone.
- Officers said he had been using the phone heavily and had been playing an online game in recent days.
- After the phone was taken, he locked himself in a room, then his father found him hanging with a saree.
- The family broke open the door and rushed him to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
- Keshvapura police registered a case and the city police commissioner warned parents to taper screen time and seek help from teachers or doctors in severe cases.