Bengaluru: Class 7 student dies by suicide; police probe possible link to ‘Death Note’ series

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Aug 8, 2025: A Class 7 student died by suicide in Bengaluru, with preliminary findings suggesting a possible link to the popular Japanese web series ‘Death Note’.

The incident happened in the CK Acchukattu area on the intervening night of August 3, after which the police launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.

Probe revealed that the minor was an avid watcher of the series and had drawn a character from the show in his room.

The detail has led investigators to consider whether the series may have influenced his actions.

The minor’s parents have stated that he was not facing any known difficulties at school or at home, and the exact reasons behind his extreme step remain unclear.

The police continue to probe the matter and have seized the boy’s mobile phone for forensic analysis.

For the unversed, ‘Death Note’ revolves around a high school student who discovers a mysterious notebook, the “Death Note", which grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages.

The series centres around the student’s subsequent use of the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals whom he deems immoral and to create a crime-free society, and the subsequent efforts of the Japanese police task force to apprehend him.

In a separate incident, the body of a 10-year-old boy was found hanging from an iron pipe in his house at Ambika Vihar Colony in Delhi on August 3.

According to the Delhi Police, the child was addicted to playing games on mobile.

Upon examining the mobile recovered from the spot, it was found that the child had been watching it for approximately 10-11 hours. He played a game for seven hours and was active on YouTube for about four hours.

The child’s father told the police that on the day of the incident, on July 31, the child did not go to school due to heavy rain.

He and his wife left for work in the morning. When they returned in the evening, they found the body hanging from a pipe with a dupatta.