Teen Kills Self After Parents Ban From Facebook! Also Discover That 98% Of Indian Teens Prefer To Use Facebook To Communicate Than Make Calls

A teenager who killed herself after her parents banned her
from Facebook left a note for a devastated family saying
she couldn't live without the site. Aiswarya Dahiwal, a
second year college student from Parbhani, in the
Maharashtra state of India, had ask
ed her parents for
permission to log on to the site on Wednesday, but they
said no.

The teenager then got into an argument with the couple
who told her that she should pay more attention to school
work, and spend less time on Facebook. The family also
argued about Miss Dahiwal making long mobile phone calls
to her friends.
Her body was found on Thursday morning, and police said
that she had hanged herself.

A note found in Miss Dahiwal's bedroom said that she had
taken her own life because she was not allowed to go on
the social networking site.

Police said that in the note the teenager had said that she
couldn't stay in a home with the restrictions she felt she
was being placed under, and that she couldn't live without
Facebook.

Speaking the Wall Street Journal in India her father Sunil
said the family was in 'deep shock' and that he 'never
thought she would ever take such a harsh step.'

A case of accidental death has been registered by Indian
officials and an investigation is underway.
According to the Wall Street Journal, a recent survey found
that nearly 92 percent of India's high school students prefer
to use Facebook rather than make calls to communicate.
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