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Teen ends life in Ludhiana after classmate ‘blocks her number’
The victim ended her life after the accused allegedly abused her and blocked her number
A Class-12 student of a private school was arrested three weeks after his classmate allegedly hanged herself after he blocked her number.
The boy, a resident of Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar of Mundian, was arrested for abetment to suicide on the statement of the victim’s mother and produced in the court from where he was sent to 14-day judicial remand.
The girl had hanged herself at her house on April 9.
The teenager’s mother in her police complaint mentioned that she could not file the FIR sooner as she was initially not aware about the reasons that propelled her daughter to take the extreme step. She said her daughter and the boy were friends, however, he started abusing her and also blocked her number. “The incident had left my daughter depressed, forcing her to end her life on April 9,” she added.
Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Harbhajan Singh, In-charge of Mundian police post, said that earlier the police had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC after recording statement of her parents, they have registered a suicide case.
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