17-year-old Mansa girl commits suicide after being denied a smartphone

Sukhmeet Bhasin

Tribune News Service

Mansa, June 8 

A 17-year-old girl from Kotdharmu village in Mansa has reportedly committed suicide as she didn’t have the facility to attend online classes.

As per information, the Class XI student was demanding smartphone for her online studies, but due to poor financial condition of the family, her parents could not fulfill her wish. Irked by the denial, she hung herself at her home on Friday. The girl’s father is a farm labourer.

It is learnt that the girl was a bright student.

Girl’s father Jagseer Singh said, “She was asking for smartphone as she wanted to study, but I was unable to get her the phone as I did not have money.”

A senior police official though denied that the girl committed suicide over the smartphone.

“In the initial probe it has come to the fore that the mother of the deceased girl had an affair with a person and she had gone out with him. In the meanwhile her father returned home, the girl wanted to call her mother but her phone did not have sufficient balance. Nervous, the girl committed suicide,” said the official.

“To cover up, the mother came up with the smartphone story. Probe is on and entire case will be clear within a day,” the official added.