UP horror: Class 11 student ends life; family unable to meet iPhone demand | Lucknow News
LUCKNOW: An 18-year-old Class 11 girl student allegedly died by suicide in Jalaun after her family failed to meet her demand for an iPhone due to financial constraints.The girl had been insisting for several days for buying an old iPhone, priced around Rs 40,000. Her father, a marginal farmer who cultivates leased land and supplements his income by driving an auto-rickshaw, said he could not afford the phone immediately. He assured his daughter that he would arrange the money after selling the upcoming pea crop.The father claimed that the girl warned that if she did not get the iPhone within two days, “he would see the consequences”. The family said they failed to grasp the seriousness of the threat.On Saturday, while both parents were away at work, the girl consumed rat poison at home. She was rushed to Orai Medical College and later referred to Jhansi Medical College, where she died during treatment on Sunday morning.Superintendent of police, Jalaun, Durgesh Kumar, said that further investigation was ongoing.
