MUMBAI: After son committed suicide for not buying him a smartphone, his father also hanged himself from the same rope. The incident took place in Minki village of Biloli in Nanded, Maharashtra. The son was found hanging from a tree on the farm owned by the farmers' family. According to the police, the father also committed suicide using the same rope.

Omkar and his siblings, who study in Latur, had come home for Makar Sankranti leave. Omkar asked his farmer father for a smartphone for studying. However, due to financial difficulties, the father did not buy him the phone. Citing the loans taken for the vehicle and agriculture, the father told his son several times that he could not afford to buy a phone. On Wednesday, Omkar asked about the phone again at home. After his father told him that it was not possible, Omkar left the house.

The family thought that Omkar had gone to the farm. The family went to search for Omkar when he did not return the next morning. During the search, the father found Omkar hanging dead from a tree branch on the farm. Later, the son's body was brought down and the father hanged himself from the same rope. The police reached the spot and shifted both the bodies to the hospital. According to the police, a case of unnatural death has been registered based on the statement of Omkar's mother.