Teenaged girl dies by suicide, blames 2 in dying statement

A 15-year-old girl of the Dashmesh Nagar locality has died by suicide and has blamed two youths from the area in her dying declaration presented before the magistrate.

While a 17-year-old boy has been sent to juvenile home, the other youth who is 22-year-old was arrested by the Bhargo Camp police late last evening. He was presented in the court today and his remand has been taken by the police. Both of them were barbers in the Bhargo Camp locality.

A tiff between the girl and the two youths had occurred on September 10. She has alleged that the two boys intimidated her on September 10 night. They threatened her of being beaten up at her place.

Scared, the girl reportedly consumed a poisonous substance at 2 am. The parents of the girl took her to the Civil Hospital from where she was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. She remained under treatment there for a week. Her family brought her back on September 20 where she gave a dying declaration before the magistrate. She passed away and her last rites were held on Tuesday.

The victim had told the magistrate that she was friends with the 17-year-old boy three years ago. "Two months later, I got to know that he had another girlfriend. After a breakup with that girl, he started messaging me again. I again became friends with him. He used to send me messages in midnights too but our relationship was not firm. In the meantime, I became friends with another youth of Bhargo Camp. I forwarded my first friend's midnight messages to my second friend. At this, they colluded with each other and came against me calling me a flirt and threatening to attack me. I attempted suicide fearing thrashing from both of them", she said.

The magistrate handed over the declaration to SHO, Bhargo Camp, Mohan Lal, who then arrested the youth under Section 108 of the BNS.