Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Aug 12: A student of class 11th committed suicide by consuming some poisonous pills in Mendhar area of district Poonch today.
A police spokesman said that 17-year-old Mohd Maroof, son of Azbar Hussain, resident of Harni allegedly consumed some poisonous pills in a fit of anger after his parents snatched his mobile phone. The parents were asking the boy to focus on his studies rather than playing on mobile phone always. Furious over the parents action, he took some pills at school and was rushed to hospital at Mendhar where doctors provided preliminary treatment and then referred him to GMC Jammu where he died last night. The parents alleged that one of his class fellows, offered him some pills and he turned unconscious and then died.
SDPO Mendhar, Riaz Tantray said that inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC has been initiated in this case. The police has recorded both the versions and is investigating. The body after postmortem has been handed over to the family.