A 19-year old girl studying in Plus Three in a Balikuda-based college committed suicide on Monday. She hailed from Gaithipur village under Badagaon panchayat in Balikuda block, 20 km from here.
Sources said the girl was found hanging in her room in the afternoon. After family members found her hanging, she was immediately rushed to the Balikuda hospital, where doctor declared her brought dead.
Balikuda police station IIC Sarveswar Behera said an unnatural death (UD) case has been registered and investigation is on. The police have seized the body and sent it for postmortem, he added.