Live
- ‘HHVM Part-1’ nears completion, release set for March 2025
- ‘Pushpa’ team Kerala event is a blockbuster
- Shah Rukh Khan gives voice over to ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’
- SA retains U19 women’s team from Ireland series for India tour ahead of WC
- Masik Shivratri in November 2024: Date, Time, Significance, and Rituals
- Red alert issued to two districts in AP amid expected severe cyclonic Storm
- "Visakhapatnam Unveils New Adventure Sports for Thrill-Seeking Tourists!"
- SC issues notice on CBI’s plea to transfer Yasin Malik's trial from Jammu to Delhi
- S Korea: FM Choi to urge Prez to veto Bill ending automatic forwarding of budget proposal
- Study shows hormone therapy may pose health risks to transgender men
Refused Toilet at Home, Class 12 Student Allegedly Commits Suicide
Highlights
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in Jharkhand\'s Dumka district on Friday after her parents turned down her request to construct a toilet at their home.
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in Jharkhand's Dumka district on Friday after her parents turned down her request to construct a toilet at their home.
The girl, a Class 12 student, had made multiple requests, but they were turned down as her parents wanted to save money for her marriage.
The teenager, ashamed to defecating in the open fields, took the extreme step when her parents were not at home.
"My daughter told me that I go have to travel so far for a toilet in this heat, so construct a toilet first," said her mother.
"For many days, she was asking for a toilet in their house. The mother told her that they are poor and the first priority is her marriage. After this everybody went back to their normal routine and this incident happened," said Vipul Shukla, Superintendent of Police, Dumka.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh tweeted this morning, "A girl in Jharkhand committed suicide as her parents refused to build toilet ! India as a Nation must wake up and build toilets on priority. (sic)"
Next Story
ADVERTISEMENT
