India, March 31 -- An 18-year-old girl in Bihar's Munger slit her wrist with a blade after being denied an iPhone worth Rs.1.5 lakh and injuring herself in several places.

According to an India Today report, the girl wanted her parents to get her the phone so she could speak to her partner, who uses the gadget.

"I need an Apple phone. I don't have any other problems, I have just a phone problem," the girl told the media after the incident.

The girl had been asking her mother for an iPhone for three months, saying she was unable to speak to her partner, with whom she said she had eloped and gotten married. After being denied the request due to the family's poor financial condition, the girl locked herself in a room and began slashing he...