Thane, Mar 30 (PTI) An 18-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at his home in Maharashtra's Thane district after a quarrel with his girlfriend, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place at Amrut Nagar in Mumbra area on Friday.

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The man was speaking to his girlfriend on a mobile phone when they both had a fight. He then allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling of his house, an official from Mumbra police station said.

The body was later sent to a government hospital for postmortem and a case of accidental death was registered, the police added.

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