Kolkatta, February 02: A 14-year-old girl died while her boyfriend, 15, is battling for his life after the duo tried to commit suicide by jumping off the terrace of a four-storeyed apartment at Sajirhat near Ghola in North 24-Parganas on Wednesday evening. The girl died on the spot while the boy had to be admitted to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition.
After a preliminary investigation, police suspect that the duo attempted suicide after their parents objected to the affair. The incident took place around 6.30pm, when the residents of the apartment heard a loud thud and rushed to the spot, police said. They found the duo lying in a pool of blood and rushed them to Panihati State General Hospital where the girl was declared dead on arrival. The boy was later shifted to a nursing home in Barasat. His condition was stated to be critical.
The boy, a Class-VIII student of an English-medium school at Doltala in Madhyamgram, lived in a flat on the Sodepur-Barasat Road. He was in love with the Class-VII girl of the same school. The girl was a Dum Dum resident. They were in an affair for the past few months. But both families had strongly opposed to the relationship several times. The girl’s parents had reportedly warned the boy to sever ties with their daughter.
Police suspect that they possibly decided to kill themselves after the girl came over to her boyfriend’s house on Wednesday afternoon, police said. None of his family members were at home.
A suicide note, addressed to the parents, was also foundin the room. It said that they were mentally depressed and had to take the drastic step as their parents did not accept their relationship., police said. Barrackpore police commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee himself visited the spot and said, “An investigation has been started.”
–courtesy:TOI