A life cut short: Teenage girl commits suicide
A life cut short: Teenage girl commits suicide
HARIPUR:
A teenage girl reportedly committed suicide in Kot Najeebullah union council (UC) of Haripur district, in what was the second such incident in two days, police said on Wednesday. Maqbool Elahi, a resident of Mohallah Katha, told the police his 17-year-old daughter Natasha Bibi made green tea for herself on Tuesday evening and then went to her room. After two hours, Natasha’s mother went to check up on her and found her lying unconscious. The girl was then taken to a hospital where doctors pronounced her dead. Sources at the hospital said the deceased had consumed some poisonous substance with the green tea. Another teenage girl had hanged herself from the ceiling fan in Kangra village of the same UC on Monday.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 20th, 2014.
A teenage girl reportedly committed suicide in Kot Najeebullah union council (UC) of Haripur district, in what was the second such incident in two days, police said on Wednesday. Maqbool Elahi, a resident of Mohallah Katha, told the police his 17-year-old daughter Natasha Bibi made green tea for herself on Tuesday evening and then went to her room. After two hours, Natasha’s mother went to check up on her and found her lying unconscious. The girl was then taken to a hospital where doctors pronounced her dead. Sources at the hospital said the deceased had consumed some poisonous substance with the green tea. Another teenage girl had hanged herself from the ceiling fan in Kangra village of the same UC on Monday.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 20th, 2014.