Girl commits suicide at rented room in Ganderbal

GANDERBAL — A 20-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in Hartburu village of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Friday afternoon.

Officials said that the girl (name withheld) from Chattibandi Bandipora soon after returning from the examination centre to her rented room ended her life by hanging herself in the room where she had been residing for the last two and half years.

Following the incident, she was rushed to a local Sub District Hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival.

The hospital authorities confirmed her death and said that after conducting all legal formalities, the body of the deceased was handed over to her family for last rites.

An official said that a case has been registered in this regard and further investigation is going on.