Minor girl in Telangana accuses alcoholic father of torture, kills self
India Today
A 16-year-old girl in Telangana’s Rangareddy district killed herself after leaving a note that said she was taking the extreme step due to her father’s torture. Police have arrested the accused.
Telangana Police arrested the father of a 16-year-old girl who killed herself after alleging that she was being physically harassed by him. The incident took place in Nandigama village in Telangana’s Rangareddy district.
A report by The Times of India stated that she committed suicide by hanging herself when she was alone at home. Her father, who was arrested by the police, is a land labourer.
Shadnagar Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Kushalkar, said, “Before his wife’s death, the accused was harassing her and used to hit both their children. She died of an illness a year ago. After his wife’s death, the accused began torturing his children. His eldest child, a son, moved to the city to work in a shop and began staying there to avoid his father.”
The deceased girl left a suicide note stating that she ended her life due to her father’s torture, reported The Times of India.
“We have registered an abetment of suicide case and arrested the accused,” said the ACP.
