Bhubaneswar, Feb. 16 -- An 11-year-old boyfrom Redhakhol in Sambalpur district, took the extreme step of taking his own life after being scolded by his mother for using the phone excessively. The distressing incident happened in the Ambedkar Nagar area of the town on Saturday evening.

The boy, named Aryan Mukhi, was found hanging from a tree near his house. Family memberslaunched a search for him after he did not return home and found him hanging from the tree.

Sources reported that the deceased boy studied in the sixth class and was asked by his mother to focus on his studies and stop excessive usage and content consumption on his phone. However, the boy took this matter to heart and hung himself from a tree not far from his house usin...