A 21-year-old man in Telangana’s Siddipet district allegedly died by suicide on Friday after his parents, who work as agricultural labourers, told him that they could not afford to buy him a BMW car.
The deceased had studied up to Class 10 and was assisting his parents with agricultural labour. The sub-inspector of the local police station told indianexpress.com that the deceased had been upset of late and was addicted to alcohol.
“His parents own two acres of agricultural land. He had been unemployed after discontinuing studies. He wanted a better life with a modern house and a BMW car. He had been pressuring his parents for a while and got addicted to alcohol,” the officer said.
According to the police complaint filed by the father of the deceased, the man had been yearning to buy a BMW car, even threatening his father with suicide if he did not agree to purchase him one. The father tried to reason with him, explaining their difficult financial situation.
Finally, they offered to buy him a Maruti Swift Dzire instead. On Friday, the complainant and his son visited a car showroom in Siddipet. On being told that he would get a Swift Dzire instead, the man appeared to be disappointed and worried that his parents were not willing to buy him the car he wanted.
Later that day, around 3.30 pm, the man allegedly attempted to kill himself and informed his father who, along with his elder brother, rushed him to a government hospital on their motorbike. After initial treatment there, the man was transferred to RVM Hospital for specialised care. However, he succumbed on Saturday night, the police said.
Officers have registered a case under section 194 (police to enquire and report on suicide) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and have started investigating.
