A 15-year-old girl of the Dashmesh Nagar locality has died by suicide and has blamed two youths from the area.
A 15-year-old girl of the Dashmesh Nagar locality has died by suicide and has blamed two youths from the area in her dying declaration presented before the magistrate.
While a 17-year-old boy has been sent to juvenile home, the other youth, who is 22-years-old, was arrested by the Bhargo Camp police late last evening. He was presented in the court today and his remand has been taken by the police. Both of them were barbers in the Bhargo Camp locality.
A tiff between the girl and the two youths had occurred on September 10. She has alleged that the two boys intimidated her on September 10 night. They threatened her of being beaten up at her place.
In a panic situation, the girl reportedly consumed a poisonous substance at 2 am. The parents of the girl took her to the Civil Hospital from where she was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. She remained under treatment there for a week. Her family brought her back on September 20 where she gave a dying declaration before the magistrate. She passed away and her last rites were held on Tuesday.
The magistrate handed over the declaration to SHO, Bhargo Camp, Mohan Lal, who then arrested the youth under Section 108 of the BNS.
