SURAT: A 14-year-old pregnant girl was found hanging at her home in Unn area, making it the eighth suicide in the city in just 24 hours ending Friday noon.
The deceased Jamuna (name changed), a native of Odisha, was studying in Class VIII. Police said Jamuna has four siblings, and she along with her family were planning to go to Odisha soon.
On Friday, when her father returned home after buying vegetables, he saw her hanging from the ceiling in the room. She used a dupatta to end her life. Her father works as a labourer in a powerloom unit. They were living on the third floor of a building.
Preliminary medical report confirmed that the minor was pregnant. Police has launched a detailed investigtion to ascertain the exact reason for the suicide.
Earlier on Thursday, 15-year-old Tanush Jhunjhunwala, a Class X student, was found hanging at his residence in Florence Apartment.
Her body was sent for forensic examination at the New Civil Hospital.
The eight persons who took the drastic step since Thursday include four in Varachha, one each in Limbayat, Dindoli and Vesu. Financial crisis and personal domestic problems were the main reasons for the suicides that included four men, two school children and two women.