Suicide of girl: probe ordered into police ‘lapses’

Updated - October 07, 2015 09:52 am IST

Published - October 07, 2015 12:00 am IST - Bengaluru:

City Police Commissioner N.S. Megharikh on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the suicide of a 15-year-old girl in Subhashnagar on Monday afternoon after she was stripped and photographed by a few youngsters when she was on her way home from school.

The victim, a class 9 student, took the extreme step at her house and left a note.

In the note, the girl said that two persons, identified as Krishnamurthy and Mohan, had repeatedly harassed her. She also mentioned that on Saturday night she had complained to the Chikkajala police that the youths were harassing her, but she had not got justice as a complaint was not booked.

Mr. Megharikh, at a press briefing on Tuesday evening, said a probe has been ordered to ascertain if there was any lapse on the part of Chikkajala police personnel after they allegedly refused to register her complaint. Meanwhile, Vikas Kumar Vikas, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North East), said that the suspects are the relatives of the victim.

The girl said in the suicide note that she was stripped and photographed by two youths

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