Madhya Pradesh district Chhatarpur, a 13-year-old boy committed suicide after losing 40,000 in an online game, according to police.
The boy allegedly wrote a suicide note to his parents, apologising for spending 40,000 from his mother’s bank account while playing an online game called Free Fire. According to the note, the boy was depressed because he was losing money, said Sachin Sharma, Chhatarpur superintendent of police.
“The boy’s father runs a pathology lab while his mother works in the district hospital’s pathology department. On Friday, the mother was at the hospital when she received a message notifying her of a transaction of ₹1,500, done from her account. She scolded her son over the phone for spending money on the online game. Later, the boy went to his room and hanged himself. The boy’s elder sister, who first saw him, called the parents. The boy was rushed to a district hospital where he was declared brought dead by doctors,” Sharma said.
Police are looking into whether he was paying for the game himself or if someone else was threatening him with money.
