Girl commits suicide after being rebuked

Kolkata: In a tragic incident, a Class VIII student from Canning in South 24-Parganas committed suicide by consuming poison after she was rebuked by her family members.

The victim girl has been identified as Masuda Khatun, a student of a local school. Locals told police the victim might have been rebuked by her parents for she had failed in an examination.

It was also learnt that after being rebuked by her family members, the victim locked herself inside her room and consumed poison. She was a resident of Taldi village of Canning.

The incident occurred on Tuesday night. Despite knocking on her door repeatedly on Wednesday morning, the family members did not yield a response.

They later broke open the door and found her lying on the bed. She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead.

The incident sparked tension among villagers of the locality. Police later reached the spot and started a probe to ascertain the exact reason behind her committing suicide. Police also came to know that the victim used to be busy on her mobile most of the time when at home.

Police are investigating if there is any other angle into the incident.

They are investigating if she had committed suicide after being jilted in a love affair or there was any foul play behind her death.

The investigating officers are also probing to know if anybody had instigated her to commit suicide.

The body has been sent for autopsy.

The police are also interrogating the family members of the victim in this connection.