A 17-year-old girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Mahalakshmi Layout, North Bengaluru, on Monday.
Bindu Basavaraju, the victim, was reportedly upset over her parents admonishing her for using the cell phone all the time.
Her parents found her hanging from the fan at around 6 pm in their house on the 1st cross in Sathyanarayana Layout behind Jayadurga Convention Hall in J C Nagar.
No suicide note was found.
During preliminary inquiries, it was found that the parents had chided her over the use of smartphone all the time. The police suspect that dejected over being admonished she could have taken the extreme step.
The Mahalakshmi Layout police have registered a case of unnatural death and are further investigating.