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Mumbai teen commits suicide after family members refuse to give him new mobile phone to play PUBG

| @indiablooms | Feb 04, 2019, at 04:35 pm

Mumbai, Feb 4 (IBNS): In a shocking episode, a Mumbai teen committed suicide after his family refused to give him a new mobile phone for playing popular mobile game PUBG.

The 18-year-old reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself.

According to the police, the teenager who was a resident of Kurla's Nehru Nagar area in Mumbai, demanded a high-end smartphone which was priced around Rs 37,000 to play the battle royale game, reported News 18.

The family refused to give him the cell phone costing more than Rs. 20,000.

The boy later committed suicide in his residence, media reports said.

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