India, Oct. 14 -- A nine-year-old boy died in a freak accident after he was accidentally strangled while attempting to recreate a suicide scene he had likely seen on social media, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Saturday night inside the family's residence in Gailpur, Palwal, when the child was playing with his 11-year-old elder brother, police said.

"The children may have come across a reel on social media showing a hanging scene, which they tried to imitate while playing with their parents' mobile phone.Both parents were away at work at the time of the incident, police said," said Sanjay Kadian, public relations officer of Palwal police.

Police said the brothers had tied their mother's scarf to the iron grill of a w...