Bengaluru: A 13-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide after his father refused to buy him a mobile phone in Yediyur village on the outskirts of Hassan on Sunday, August 2. According to police, Preetham, a Class VII student in Chitradurga, had come to stay with his parents on Sunday. He had reportedly been insisting on getting a mobile phone, but his father declined the request. Distressed over the refusal, the boy allegedly hanged himself using a saree inside the family’s shed while his parents were away. A case has been registered at the Hassan Rural Police Station, and further investigation is in progress.