Having failed to top school, Class 11 Jind girl shoots self
FATAL AMBITION Anjali Kumari of Siwaha village, who studied at Haryana finance minister Captain Abhimanyu’s school in Pillu Khera , shot herself dead with licensed revolver of her father, who is sarpanch
ROHTAK: A Class 11 girl in Jind district allegedly shot herself dead with her father’s licensed revolver on Sunday, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Anjali Kumari of Siwaha village. She studied at Indus Public School in Jind’s Pillu Khera town, which is run by Haryana finance minister Captain Abhimanyu.
The police said Anjali was the daughter of village sarpanch Vedpal Singh.
On Saturday, she got her Class 11 results, in which she could not top the school as she had expected.
“Her parents told us she did not score less marks, but could not come 1st as she had expected. This had made her upset,” said investigation officer Raj Kumar.
He said girl’s family had gone to a nearby village on Sunday morning when Anjali called her father and asked him to immediately come back home. However, when he reached, he found Anjali had shot herself in the bathroom. She was rushed to hospital, where she was declared brought dead. Her body was handed over to her family after postmortem.
The police quoting Vedpal said Anjali was upset over her result but was hopeful of improving it in next class.
The incident comes a day after a Class 10 boy hanged himself in Rewari after his board exam did not go well.
Her parents told us she did not score less marks, but could not come 1st as she had expected. She was upset over it.
RAJ KUMAR, investigation officer