Mumbai: Minor boy hangs self in Malad after father stops him from playing mobile games

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A 16-year-old minor boy in Mumbai's Malad Malwani, ended his life after his father prevented him from playing mobile games. The police shared details indicating that the boy's father had intervened due to concerns about his son's gaming addiction.

Police said the teenager had a habit of playing mobile games late into the night, prompting his father to intervene on Thursday night around 11:30 pm. The father confiscated the boy's phone and instructed him to go to sleep. In response, the distraught boy allegedly threatened self-harm if he wasn't allowed to continue playing, news wire ANI reported.

Tragically, the next morning, the father discovered his son hanging from the ceiling by a scarf. He rushed the boy to a nearby hospital, but upon arrival, the medical professionals declared him dead, the report said.

The Malwani Police have recorded the statement of the grieving father and filed an Accidental Death Report (ADR) in connection with the incident. The police's investigation into the matter is ongoing, and further details are awaited.

Meanwhile, eight people have sustained injuries in the fire that broke out in Mumbai's Bandra earlier Saturday morning, officials said. Three more injured have been identified as Samsher (50), Sangita (32) and Seeta (45).

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Dr Purva, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Bandra Bhabha Hospital said, "Three more people sustained burn injuries in the fire that broke out in Bandra area this morning."

According to the CMO, Nikhil Jogesh Das sustained 35 per cent burns, Rakesh Ramjanam Sharma sustained 40 per cent burns, Anthony Paul Thengal sustained 30 per cent burns, Kalicharan Majilal Kanojiya received 25 per cent burns, Shan Ali Zakir Ali Siddiqui got 40 per cent burns

"Samsher received super facial burns, Sangita sustained minor injuries, and one injured person Seeta refused to be hospitalised," the CMO said.

This morning it was reported that five people sustained burns in the blaze. Officials suspected that the blaze was triggered by an explosion in a cooking gas cylinder.

Sharing details of the incident, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said, "As soon as information about the fire was received, we rushed firefighters and engines to the spot. They brought the fire under control."

The injured were admitted to the Bhabha Hospital in Bandra for treatment, officials added.

An official in the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) said, "The incident took place in the Bandra area of Mumbai around 6.19 am on Saturday. We believe that the fire was caused by an LPG cylinder explosion."

"Fire was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, a stock of clothes, and one upper-floored structure. The blaze was doused around 6.40 am," the fire official added. (With inputs from ANI)