Balangir: A 14-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree near his house in Odisha’s Balangir district after his family allegedly refused to give money for a mobile recharge.
The family members of deceased Devendra Banchhor, a Class X student, said he had been upset after his request for Rs 300 to recharge his mobile phone was turned down.
The incident was reported from Kuliadara village under the jurisdiction of Kantabanji police station in the district. The boy’s
father is a farmer, and the family is financially distressed, police said.
According to the family’s account to police, after the teenager was found hanging, he was rushed to Kantabanji hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
After receiving information, a police team visited the spot and sent the body for postmortem, which attributed the death to hanging.
Police are examining all circumstances surrounding the death and have recorded statements from the family members and others known to the boy.
