Unable to study further, girl ends life

Fatehgarh Sahib, June 29

Reportedly upset over the inability of her parents to fund her higher education, 18-year-old Gurdeep Kaur allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Brahman Majra village.

Mulkh Raj, father of the deceased, in his statement to the police said his daughter had passed the Class XII exams and wanted to study further. However, due to financial constraints he could not bear the expenses on her higher studies. The girl took the extreme step when he left for work on Tuesday.

He said when his wife returned home, she found the girl hanging from the ceiling fan. The police registered a case and handed over the body of the girl to her parents after a post-mortem examination.— TNS