Panchkula: Class-10 student ends life after failing exams

A student of a government school in Panchkula, the teenager was the eldest among five siblings; her mother is a domestic help and father works as a sanitary worker in the Army Cantonment area in Panchkula

Upset over failing in Class-10 exams twice, a 14-year-old girl ended her life by hanging herself at her house in Kharak Mangoli, Panchkula.

The body was moved to the mortuary of Panchkula civil hospital for autopsy. Police have initiated inquest proceedings in the matter. (iStock)

A student of a government school in Panchkula, the teenager was the eldest among five siblings. Her mother is a domestic help and father works as a sanitary worker in the Army Cantonment area.

The couple found their daughter hanging in her room on Tuesday and alerted the police, following which Sector 7 SHO Mahavir Singh and ACP Surinder Singh reached the spot.

The body was moved to the mortuary of Sector-6 civil hospital for autopsy. Police have initiated inquest proceedings in the matter.

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