16-yr-old ‘kills self’, no note recovered

GURUGRAM: A 16-year-old girl, who worked as a house help in Gurugram’s Palam Vihar area, was found dead in a park on Wednesday. Police said they suspect it to be case of suicide, adding that according to her family members, she had been under stress as she had very few work opportunities since the lockdown was imposed. No note was recovered.

Officers said the incident was reported around 6am when a morning walker at a park noticed her body suspended from a tree. Police have initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Police said the girl stayed with her parents and an elder brother in a rented accommodation.

A police official said, “According to the statement of her family members, she was stressed as she was struggling to find work since the lockdown. Her father, who is a construction worker, and her brother, who works as a labourer, had been unemployed since the lockdown. It is suspected that she went to a park near her house sometime during the night and took the extreme step.”