Overview
- The 14-year-old was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his Tri Nagar home on Sunday and was declared brought dead at Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital.
- Crime and forensic teams inspected the scene and seized the boy’s mobile phone and other exhibits for analysis, according to DCP Bhisham Singh.
- Police say the recovered video has no audible sound and appears to show the boy looking at himself with a noose before losing balance and slipping from a chair.
- A post-mortem was conducted at Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, and the body has been handed over to the family as statements are being recorded.
- Officers are examining whether the death was an accident during a social-media recording or an intentional act, with digital forensics still underway.