Maharashtra, Dec 14: A 17-year-old girl, an Army aspirant allegedly committed suicide in Pandharpur town of Maharashtra’s Pune after being harassed by three men.
The teenager, who aspired to join the Indian Army, hanged her herself to death at her home as she was fed up with the “constant teasing” by three men, a police officer said.
According to police, the girl was found hanging on December 7 morning.
The Army aspirant teen also left a suicide note where she apologized to “Bharat Mata” and her parents, saying her dream of donning the Army uniform and tri-colour badge could not be fulfilled as she would end her life after being harassed by the three men and also named the three accused in her suicide note.
Three days after the girl ended her life, her family found a suicide note in one of her notebooks, police said.
“In the note, the girl wrote that her dream of donning the Army uniform and tri-colour badge would not come true as she was going to commit suicide due to the constant teasing by three accused,” senior inspector Prashant Bhasme of Pandharpur rural police station said.
“As per the suicide note, one of the accused had held the deceased’s hand and had threatened her not speak about it,” Bhasme said.
“In the note, the girl alleged that the three accused used to pass remarks at her, due to which she felt harassed,” the officer said.
