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Fourth suicide in Tripura for Smartphone during Covid-19 pandemic

Fourth suicide in Tripura for Smartphone during Covid-19 pandemic

Agartala, Jul 27 (UNI) A teen committed suicide, fourth during the Covid-19 pandemic, for smartphone, last night.
Except for a father, three others were school students, who were expecting an android phone to attend the online classes being organised by the state government amid the lockdown.
Police said 15-year-old Pradip Das committed suicide by hanging himself at Halaimura locality of Kumarghat municipality, after his parents said told him they were unable to afford a Smartphone.

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