A teenaged girl, who was rescued by police after she had gone missing since June 10, allegedly committed suicide at Vijay Vihar police station on Saturday evening.
Sultana (16), a resident of Kishangarh area in Vasant Kunj, had reportedly run away from her home on June 10. On Saturday, she was spotted by a passerby near Rithala Metro station. He took her to the police station around 2.30pm.
“Her parents were informed and she was asked to sit in the ladies’ changing room. But the girl was later found hanging by a staff member around 5 pm,” said a police official. Police suspect that the girl was being forced by her parents for marriage.