NEW DELHI: Fed up with coping with one personal tragedy after another, a 17-year-old girl attempted suicide by jumping off a bridge into the Yamuna
near Nizamuddin on Sunday. According to the police, the victim had faced numerous setbacks since childhood. "When the girl was around five-year-old, her father left her and her mother to marry her aunt. A few years later, her mother died in a kitchen fire and the girl was sent to stay with her father and aunt. The aunt too deserted her years later by saying that she couldn't handle the burden of a child. And when the girl turned 15, her father married her to a minor in Mathura,''said a police officer. "Six months ago, the girl ended her marriage due to constant friction with her husband. She then had to stay with her father who is a inivitation cards dealer in Chawri Bazaar. But her father kept chiding her because of her luck. Unable to bear any more, she attempted suicide but was saved by a fisherman,'' added the officer. Although a case of attempt to suicide against the girl has been registered, no case against her father has been lodged. The girl has been sent to Nirmal Chaya organization, said the police.
By Medha Chaturvedi, TNN
Source The Times Of India
near Nizamuddin on Sunday. According to the police, the victim had faced numerous setbacks since childhood. "When the girl was around five-year-old, her father left her and her mother to marry her aunt. A few years later, her mother died in a kitchen fire and the girl was sent to stay with her father and aunt. The aunt too deserted her years later by saying that she couldn't handle the burden of a child. And when the girl turned 15, her father married her to a minor in Mathura,''said a police officer. "Six months ago, the girl ended her marriage due to constant friction with her husband. She then had to stay with her father who is a inivitation cards dealer in Chawri Bazaar. But her father kept chiding her because of her luck. Unable to bear any more, she attempted suicide but was saved by a fisherman,'' added the officer. Although a case of attempt to suicide against the girl has been registered, no case against her father has been lodged. The girl has been sent to Nirmal Chaya organization, said the police.
By Medha Chaturvedi, TNN
Source The Times Of India
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