Youth ‘kills self’ in Thakurgaon

A youth reportedly hanged himself at his house ‘as his father did not buy him a smartphone’ in Ranishankail upazila of Thakurgaon district on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Mobarak, 21, son of Abdul Hakim of Kumarganj village under Nekmarad union of the upazila.

Mubarak’s father Abdul Hakim asked for a said smartphone but he told him that he need more time to arrange money.

Hearing this, Mobarak went to bed without having lunch.

Later, Mobarak’s mother Muslima went to his room and saw him hanging from the roof, said Zahid Iqbal, officer-in-charge of Ranisankail Police Station.