16-year-old commits suicide by hanging herself in her house

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

A 16-year-old girl ended her life by suicide at their house in KP Agrahara on Saturday night.

The deceased has been identified as Pooja,a resident of Bhuvaneshwarinagar was studying class 10 at a private school.

Senior officer told media persons,around 9:30,the victim Pooja was last seen watching TV while her parents went to their relative’s house in the same locality.

After sometime they returned home and found that her room was locked from inside and repeatedly knocked the door.

When there was response they broke open the door and found her hanging to the ceiling and alerted the police.

The KP Agrahara police inspector and staff rushed to the spot conducted spot mahazar. There was no suicide note and the police are awaiting to question the family members to ascertain the cause of extreme step.

Father of the deceased,works as a security guard in a private company told that she was under depression from the last few days and not talking with anyone properly.

However, the exact reason which led her to take this extreme step is yet to be ascertained, the police added.