Jilted Phagwara woman live-streams her suicide on social media

Phagwara, August 18

An 18-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after being jilted by her boyfriend and live-streamed it on social media, police said on Saturday.

Satnampura police station SHO SS Pattar said Manisha from Hoshiarpur district was living in a rented accommodation at Mansa Devi Nagar mohalla here.

She hanged herself to death in her room late on Thursday night and live-streamed the scene of her suicide on Instagram, he said.

A note found in her room mentions that she committed suicide due to unrequited love and betrayal by her boyfriend, the police official said.

One Inder was mentioned in the note as her lover, but the whereabouts of Inder were not mentioned and they were probing the matter, he said.

The body was kept in the mortuary of civil hospital. Her father is an NRI settled in France while her mother died some time back, the SHO said, adding, “We have informed the father.”

“Manisha was staying here in search of a job. We have taken possession of her mobile phone and will study call details for further action,” he said.

A case under relevant Sections of the IPC, including 306 (abetment of suicide) was registered against the lover, the SHO said. PTI