INDORE: A 12-year-old girl in Indore took a selfie with a noose around her neck, and was found hanging in her room half an hour later by her siblings in Indore on Tuesday. Both her parents are police personnel.
Initially, when police saw the last picture taken on her phone, they thought it was a selfie that ended in an accident. On Wednesday, her family found a suicide note tucked in one of her notebooks and an examination revealed she had scratched ‘sorry G’ on her upper arm.
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India unfortunately holds the record for the largest number of selfie deaths in the world. Several campaigns have been run in recent years highlighting the perils of this seemingly innocuous act. Prima facie, this sad incident underscores the need for a much more vigorous campaign to raise awareness on the subject, especially among school kids.
Her parents are shattered and say they had no clue she was contemplating suicide. She was a bright student and seemed cheerful when they had left for duty on Tuesday morning.
Investigating officer Manmohan Singh Thakur said police believe she was trying to send the selfie to someone, but couldn’t. They are checking her mobile phone to identify those she spoke or chatted with in the past few days.