Digital Desk Guwahati: A 10-year-old boy was allegedly found hanging at Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajdeep Roy’s home in Silchar town of Assam on Saturday evening.
The deceased was a student of fifth standard and had been staying the MP’s house along with his mother and elder sisters for a few years.
Reportedly, the family hailed from Palong Ghat area of Cachar district and the mother was working as a house help.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, MP Roy said, “On Saturday, I was at the BJP party office. At the same time one of my teammates called and informed me that a boy was found hanging in the house. On receiving this information I reached home. After that the police were informed. Later the police reached my residence and recovered the body and was taken to Silchar Medical College Hospital. The doctors at the hospital formally declared the teenager dead.”
Police said the prima facie suggests that it was a case of suicide and his family members also told the cops that he was angry with his mother for not getting him a mobile phone to play video games.