17-year-old girl dies by suicide

Ludhiana, August 22

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A 17-year-old girl committed suicide by consuming napthalene balls at her house in Kaonke Kalan village, Jagraon. She took the extreme step after a village youth made her to sit on his motorcycle and took her around in the village. The girl felt insulted as she thought that village residents had seen her with the youth.

He has been identified as Gursewak Singh of the village.

The complainant, Darshan Singh, told the police that his daughter studies in Class XII. On August 20 morning, his daughter left home, saying that she was going to school. After sometime, he got to know from the school that his daughter failed to reach the school. He searched for her in the village but in vain. Around 1.30 pm, a village youth, Gursewak, dropped his daughter outside the house and left the place.

“When I asked my daughter why she was with Gursewak and did not attend the school, she said he had forced her to sit on his motorcycle on the pretext that he would drop her at the school but he kept roaming in the village. Residents also saw her with him which brought disrepute and insult to her. She said she would die by suicide but I calmed her. Later, she consumed napthalene balls. She was rushed to a hospital but could not be saved,” the deceased’s father said.