Rajkot: Failing to persuade her father to bail out her lover from jail, a lovelorn 17-year-old girl took the drastic step by hanging herself to death, at her residence in Jamkhambhalia town of Devbhoomi Dwarka district on Thursday evening. The 21-year-old lover belonged to a different faith and the father was opposed to her wishes to marry him, said cops.
“Two months ago, the girl's father had lodged a complaint against the youth under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 with the local police station for allegedly kidnapping his minor daughter. Police arrested him and he is currently lodged in jail serving a sentence,” police sources said.
However, the girl was adamant on marrying her lover and kept pleading with her father to get him out on bail, which he rigidly denied and finally, the frustrated girl took the extreme step to show her anguish.