Overview

• On Monday, a 16-year-old in Hyderabad’s Saidabad neighbourhood died by suicide, hanging himself after his parents reprimanded him for excessive mobile phone use.
• The student had failed one subject in his Class 10 board exams; he had borrowed a friend’s smartphone to play video games during his preparation for supplementary tests.
• His parents were at work when he took his life; a sibling later discovered his body at their Vinay Nagar Colony home.
• Saidabad police have registered a case and begun investigating the circumstances surrounding his hanging.
• The case follows a December 2024 incident in Maharashtra where a teenager died by suicide under similar pressures; this pattern highlights concerns over academic stress versus screen-time conflicts.