Gir Somnath: A 16-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself while playing a game named ‘Free Fire’ in a mobile phone at Una in Gir Somnath district.

The boy named Tarun Dilipbhai Nandavana was a student of Class 11th- science stream. He had reportedly got the push of committing suicide as he failed to complete a task in the game. He followed the instruction and hanged himself to death at his home in the absence of his parents. Police sources informed that the incident took place in Sajan nagar of the city.

In a similar incident of Dhana taluka in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, a 12-year old boy had committed suicide while playing free-fire game in January 2021. DeshGujarat