17-year-old girl commits suicide after being harassed

Team Udayavani, May 9, 2019, 9:40 AM IST

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Bengaluru: A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide after beeing harassed by her former classmate.

The deceased has been identified as Lina, a class 12 student.

Lina ended her life by hanging to the ceiling at her house in Akshay Nagar in K.R. Puram.

As per the sources, one of Lina’s former classmate Manjunath was stalking her. She had earlier complained to her father, Srinivas Murthy, about Manjunath’s harassment. Once he had even assaulted her on the road. Following which Murthy had confronted Manjunath and warned him, but he continued to stalk Lina. Unable to bear with the harassment, she took the extreme step.

The Akshay Nagar in K.R. Puram police have registered a case and are looking for Manjunath, who is absconding.