‘Called by spirit’, Nagpur teen commits suicide

An 18-year-old student ended his life claiming he was ‘summoned’ by the spirit of a boy whose accidental death he had witnessed a few weeks ago, police said here on Tuesday.

Saurabh Nagpurkar, a student of the PB College of Engineering, hanged himself at his home in Kasabpura, late on Sunday night, leaving behind a suicide note, said investigating official of Tahsil Police Station, Tulshiram Dhakulkar.

“The suicide note says that he had witnessed a small boy’s accidental death on Umrer Road nearly two months ago. Since that day, that boy’s ‘soul kept haunting him and beckoning him,” Dhakulkar told IANS.

Nagpurkar also said that he kept hearing mysterious voices and strange visions and himself met with a couple of minor accidents because of what he had witnessed. It also kept troubling his mind, and the boy's soul kept ‘calling’ him.

“We are scanning his mobile, laptop, the kind of films or games he was interested in, to get more clues. We are also speaking with his friends and college-mates to ascertain what exactly was wrong with him,” Dhakulkar said.

However, the boy’s distraught family - including a father who is a National Cadet Corps officer and an older sister who is an M.Tech. student, besides mother and aged grandparents - said they don't suspect anybody, he added.

Nagpurkar profusely apologised to his parents and even requested his elder sister to look after them properly after his death.