Hyderabad, October 31: Depressed over alleged humiliation by a headmistress over payment of fees, a 15-year-old girl committed suicide by jumping into a reservoir in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, police said today.
The body of S Samatha, who was studying in class X at a private school in Devarkonda town, was found floating in Akampalli reservoir under Gudipally police station limits this morning, they said.
Following the incident, the girl’s relatives and local organisations carried her body in front of the school premises and staged a protest.
“The headmistress Sujatha reportedly asked Samatha (in front of her classmates) to make the fee payment of Rs 1,500 which was pending for quite some time.
–Agencies