Fed up with eve-teasing in Barsar of Kotra police station in Orai district of Uttar Pradesh, a class 11 student hanged herself at home. The police have registered a case of molesting and forcing two youths of the village to commit suicide on the complaint of family members.
Shivcharan’s (16) year old daughter Diksha of Barsar used to go to Inter College Kotra to study. Two youths of the village, Pushpendra and Dayashankar used to harass him on the way. The family members complained to the family members of the youth several times, but on the contrary, their family members threatened them. On Monday, again both the youths did mischief by stopping Diksha on the way. According to Shivcharan, when he went to the homes of the youths to reprimand them, he was chased away. Hurt by this, his daughter hanged herself with a dupatta at home late at night.
The relatives came to know about the incident on Tuesday morning. As soon as the information was received, Kotra police and CO Orai Girja Shankar Tripathi reached the spot. The police sent the dead body to the postmortem and started investigation by taking Diksha’s mobile and other material in possession. On the Tahrir of father Shivcharan, after registering a case against both the accused, the police started searching for them. The CO said that efforts are being made to arrest the accused.