Hyderabad, Feb. 3 -- A minor boy died by suicide after he was refused money to buy movie tickets by his father. The incident occurred in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana.

Unable to digest that their son, Karthik, would take such an extreme step, the bereaved parents were inconsolable outside the Government Medical College and General Hospital, Nagarkurnool, were witnessed. As relatives tried to feed water to Karthik's mother, she refused and cried for her son.

According to the boy's father Ganesh, who works as a mason, he and his wife were getting ready to visit a temple. "My son, Karthik, asked for money to buy movie tickets which I refused. We left for the temple and Karthik remained in the house. By the time we returned, he saw him...