India, Aug. 12 -- In a deeply disturbing incident, a Class 8 student allegedly died by suicide after his family prevented him from playing mobile phone game in Basta block of Odisha's Balasore district today.

The boy was identified as Jaikrishna Jena, son of one Santosh Jena of Jamsuli village within Singla police limits. He was found hanging from a towel in the bathroom early in the morning around 6 am. Family members rushed him to the hospital but doctors declared him brought dead.

As per reports, Jaikrishna was addicted to the mobile phone gaming. He paid no heed to his parents' warnings and objections to his screen addiction despite performing poorly in class.

Perturbed at his low scores, family members used to counsel him but t...