A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra’s Nagpur early this week and police are investigating if the act was a result of an online game she was playing, an official said on Friday, 7 December.
Inspector Vijay Talware of Beltarodi police station said the deceased's parents have told the police that the girl had a separate room to study and also spent a lot of time playing online games.
He said the girl had secured good marks in her Class 12 exams but had dropped a year to get into a college of her choice.
A case of accidental death has been registered and further probe into the incident is underway, the official said.
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