A schoolboy allegedly committed suicide at his house in Magura's Mohammadpur upazila on Thursday night as his parents refused to buy him a motorcycle.
The deceased was identified as Rezwan, son of Bazlur Rahman of the area. He was a student of Class VIII at the Govt. RSKH Institution in Mohammadpur.
Asit Kumar Roy, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur police station, said that Rezwan had been demanding a motorcycle for some days. On Thursday night, he took sleeping pills as his parents didn’t buy him the motorcycle that he demanded.
He was rushed to Faridpur Medical College Hospital as he fell ill after taking excessive pills.
Later, he died while undergoing treatment at the hospital at 12 am.
"A UD (unnatural death) case has been registered with Mohammadpur police in this regard," added the OC.