Young Girl Commits Suicide After Sister Throws Mobile Phone Down Drain in India’s Mumbai

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Several incidents have also been reported in India where young boys and girls have committed crimes after they were stopped from using their mobile phones. Earlier this month, a young boy in Uttar Pradesh’s capital city Lucknow killed his mother for not letting him play games on his phone.
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide on Thursday after her elder sister threw her mobile phone down a drain.
According to local police, the minor was found hanging in her house, which is in construction, in Malad’s Malvani area of Mumbai city, Maharashtra state.
Talking to the media, a police official said that the girl was reportedly seeing a boy from the neighborhood and her family found out.
“The girl's elder sister scolded her and threw her mobile phone into a drain suspecting that she had been talking to the boy every day,” the police official added.
Police were informed by locals who found the girl’s body.
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