Two girl students committed suicide in the city on Saturday. In the first incident, a Class 9 student committed suicide by hanging herself in Mangolpuri on Saturday afternoon. “The deceased girl had returned from her school and had locked herself in her room at around 3 pm. She was found hanging from the ceiling fan by her mother,” said DCP (outer) Chhaya Sharma.
The victim did not leave behind any suicide note. “The post mortem report is yet to be received. We are investigating the matter,” DCP Sharma said.
In a similar case, a 14-year-old girl committed suicide after her aunt allegedly scolded her for talking over phone endlessly instead of concentrating on her studies.
“The incident was reported at 6 pm yesterday from New Delhi’s Mandir Marg area and the victim has been identified as Amme. She used to stay with her aunt who works as a nurse at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,” said a senior police officer.
According to the police, Amme was talking to someone on phone when her aunt scolded her and asked her to concentrate on her studies. “No suicide note was recovered,” the officer added.
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Kiran Walia is bereaved
Age Correspondent
New Delhi
Feb. 13: Delhi health minister Kiran Walia on Sunday was bereaved as her husband, S.P. Walia passed away after a prolonged illness. He was under treatment at a private hospital in the city.
The 74-year-old Walia is survived by his wife, son and daughter. He was a businessman by profession. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi ministers and Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri paid floral tributes.