A 17-year-old girl, student of class 12th at Radiant public school committed suicide after consuming a mosquito repellent in the school hospital, informed Station House Officer (SHO) Rakhi, GD Sonwani on Sunday.
According to SHO, the deceased identified as Bulbul Jain (17) daughter of Mansukhlal resident of Keshkal town, consumed liquid mosquito repellent in the hostel on Saturday night. “The girl drank liquid of All Out mosquito repellent and then told her friends that she had consumed poison. Hostel mates then informed the warden who in turn called the school Principal/Director Amit Jaiswal and the girl was rushed to life Worth Hospital, Samta Colony where doctors pronounced Bulbul dead around 11.40 pm,” the SHO said.
The SHO further said the short post-mortem report also confirmed poisoning as reason of death. No, sign of any kind of physical struggle or injury were seen on the body of deceased girl, SHO claimed. “The dead body was handed over to the father of girl who is a contractor by profession. “The Principal of school told police that Bulbul was reportedly mentally unstable and she was under medication.
The friends of deceased girl informed police that Bulbul had alleged tried to commit suicide once in home also,” the SHO informed and added that Bulbul had many times talked about death and after consuming poison she told the hostel friends in a jolly way that she had consumed poison and it was only after she collapsed the hostellers realized that she was speaking true. Meanwhile, Rakhi police has registered a case in this connection and are investigating the matter.