Balangir, Jan 23: A minor boy had allegedly committed suicide in Beherensilet village under Kantabanji police station limits in Balangir district last night. 

The boy was identified as Binod Chinagun. 

"He had some mental illness. He slept last night but was found dead this morning," ," said Deba Chinagun, the deceased's father. 

Police reached the spot and seized the body when the family members were about to take the body for conducting the funeral. 

After preliminary investigation police said that the boy has committed suicide.  

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