A 13-year-old teenage boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house in Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet Sunday night, police said.
The deceased was identified as Ahmed Al Abi, a student of class VII of Khalil Chowdhury Adarsha Vidya Niketan.
Ahmed was found hanging from the ceiling fan with a rope tied around his neck, said Hillol Roy, officer-in-charge (OC) of Beanibazar Police Station.
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Family members said Ahmed was alone in the house as they went to visit one of their relatives.
After returning to the house, they found the gate locked and called him repeatedly. As he did not respond, they informed police, they said.
On information, police broke open the door of his room and found him hanging from the ceiling. Police also recovered a Tablet from his bedroom.
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Quoting locals, police said that Ahmed used to play the ‘Blue Whale game’. He might have ended his life after taking the challenge of this game, they said.
However, the real cause will be known only after getting the autopsy report, added the OC.