WARANGAL: An 18-year-old youth, M Prashanth, died by suicide on Wednesday in Narsampet town of Warangal district after losing money in an online game. Prashanth was a second-year intermediate student at a local private college.
Narsampet Circle Inspector (CI) S Ravi Kumar said that upon examining Prashanth’s mobile phone, it was discovered that he had incurred substantial financial losses while playing online games. It is learnt that despite resorting to loans through online apps, he ended up losing Rs 30,000.
A suicide note was found at the scene in which Prashanth apologised to his father, Sai Baba, for losing money in the game. Sai Baba alerted the police, who registered a case under Section 174 CrPc. Prashanth’s body has been moved to Narsampet government hospital for a post-mortem examination.
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