'Shocked' by Jiah Khan's death, boy commits suicide

Babu, a fifth class student of Gurunanak Basti in Sriganganagar district, yesterday committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling hook in his home, investigating officer (IO) Ramesh Kumar told PTI today.u00a0

Deceased's family members told the police that the boy was repeatedly watching Jiah's suicide episode on TV news channel, and he was probably upset and ended his life when no one was inside the house, police said.

Jiah Khan

The boy's body was handed over to his father after the post-mortem, police added.u00a0