West Bengal: Class VIII girl found hanging at home, hours after mother rebuked her for chatting on cellphone

KOLKATA: A class VIII student of a popular English medium school in Salt Lake was found hanging at her three storeyed home in Salt Lake on Monday evening, after she was allegedly rebuked by her mother, for spending time while chatting on her cellphone.
The incident happened at DA Block in Salt Lake as cops suspect the child may have committed suicide in a moment of depression. However, no suicide note could be recovered yet. "Preliminarily it looks like a case of suicide. The initial post-mortem also hints at the same. However, we are awaiting the final post-mortem report for a confirmation on the reason behind the death," said a senior officer of Bidhannagar City Police.
Cops said, the 13-year-old girl lived with her parents and elder brother. According to the girl’s mother, she had rebuked her for spending too much time chatting on her cellphone in the evening and went upstairs to her room at the third floor. "The girl was alone at her room in the ground floor. When the mother came downstairs around 10pm to check on her, she found her hanging from the ceiling fan with the help of a dupatta," said an officer of Bidhannagar North police station.
The family and cops took the girl to Bidhannagar sub divisional hospital where she was declared dead on arrival. Police said, the child’s parents both work as chartered accountants and they also run a guest house on the first floor of their house.