Two held for driving girl to suicide

HYDERABAD: Upset with overtures of her neighbours, a 17 year-old Intermediate student committed suicide by hanging at her house in

Laxmapur

village of

Shamirpet

mandal on Tuesday.

Saranya's father

Mallesh

, a farmer, lodged a complaint alleging that his daughter committed suicide due to harassment by two youngsters.

“A 17-year-old Degree first year student and a 20-year-old auto driver, S

Narsinga Rao

, from Laxmapur, were harassing the victim,“ Shamirpet inspector A

Sattaiah

said.

Police registered a case under section 306 (abetment to commit suicide) of the IPC against the two.

“We have arrested both the offenders and produced them in court on Thursday,“ the inspector added.