Teen ends life over ‘shattered’ foreign dreams

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Teen ends life over ‘shattered’ foreign dreams

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Being unable to fulfill her dreams to settle abroad, a 19-year-old girl hanged herself to death. She was a resident of Lamma Pind and was staying here with her family. The incident was reported on Friday.The police said the girl was in depression due to her studies. She was studying at a private school in Class XII. Her kin said she was quite willing to study abroad.SHO Sullakhan Singh said she committed suicide on Thursday midnight, according to the postmortem report. “Her father Prem Masih said like any normal day, she went to her room after having dinner around 9.30 pm and they had no idea what would happen. However, his daughter was upset for the past several days. She didn’t open the door in the morning when she went to wake her up. They broke open the door only to find her hanging from the ceiling fan. She was then rushed to a private hospital where doctors declared her brought dead,” the SHO said.A case was registered at Rama Mandi police station. — TNS

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The Tribune

Date

2020-06-28

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Jalandhar