A 18-year-old boy committed suicide after losing Rs 2 lakh in a cyber fraud incident at Nalasopara while playing an online game, said the police. They said that he mistakenly clicked on unsafe links, allowing fraudsters to withdraw money from his account. The victim, scared after the loss, took his own life at home.

The deceased, identified as Gaurav Roy, was a resident of Om JDS Colony at Dhaniv Baug, Nalasopara East. Roy lived with his parents and 15-year-old brother and was a student of Standard 11. The police mentioned that he was playing a game on his mother’s phone when the money was deducted from the account.