A 15-year-old boy from Meerut allegedly shot himself with a country-made pistol in front of his family due to curiosity about the afterlife.
According to police, Yuvraj Rana, who was in Class 9, searched about 'Garuda Purana', 'what happens after death', 'methods of death' and 'where soul goes after death' on Google and YouTube prior to his death.
The incident occurred on Saturday night at Apex Colony. No suicide note was left behind, the officials said.
As per police, the family is yet to file a formal complaint.
Efforts are under way to determine the source of the pistol, the SHO Dharmendra Kumar said.
The preliminary investigation suggested that Yuvraj was upset after his mother and brother scolded him for being in bad company, the police said.
The family had also sold his bike which agitated him further, the officer added.
The body has been handed over to the family after a post-mortem.
