UP: Harassed by neighbour, 15-year-old ends life

LUCKNOW: A 15-year-old girl committed suicide by consuming a poison in Barabanki. Police said the girl took the extreme step on Tuesday after facing harassment from her neighbour.
She was taken to the district hospital by her parents and then referred to KGMU Trauma Center in Lucknow where she died during treatment on Wednesday. Police arrested the accused on Thursday.
Police said at 8pm on April 4, the survivor had stepped out when the accused, identified as 26 years old Salman, her neighbour, reached the spot and began to harass her.
“When she shouted, Salman threatened her with dire consequences,” said the girl’s father in the FIR.
The next day, the survivor consumed poison and shut herself in her room and when she did not come out of it till noon, her mother opened the door and found her unconscious, said the FIR.
“We took her to the district hospital where doctors said she had consumed poison so we took her to KGMU Trauma Center in Lucknow. She died during the treatment on Wednesday,” said the girl’s father.
SHO, Mohammadpur, Ashok Kumar Singh, said Salman was arrested and booked under charges of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, IPC 354 (A) (sexual harassment).