October 14, 2024: In a tragic incident a 15-year-old girl in Maharashtra allegedly died by suicide after being scolded for excessive mobile usage. Police said that the girl consumed poison after her mother asked her to reduce the time she spent on the mobile phone.

The girl, the resident of the Ambernath area in Maharashtra’s Thane, consumed a rat poison on September 26. She was then rushed to a local hospital.

As her condition deteriorated and became critical, she was shifted to a hospital in neighbouring Mumbai where she died on October 2, an official from Ambernath police station said.

An official from the Ambernath police station confirmed that a case of accidental death was registered on Saturday, based on the findings of the medical report.