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Victim earlier complained to cops but no action was taken, says Family

A 15-year-old girl reportedly committed suicide at her house at Chikkajala in northern Bengaluru on Monday afternoon just after a few boys abducted and stripped her and then took her nude photographs when she was returning from school.

In a death note, she has named two boys and their associates. “Krishnamurthy and Mohan are responsible for my death. These two and their associates took me away when I was returning home from school on Monday. They stripped me and clicked my pictures. I have decided to die as I have lost my honour. I and my family need justice. I myself have written this letter and it’s my handwriting,” the girl, who was a class 10 student at a government school, is said to have written in the suicide letter.

A friend of the girl’s family said she hanged herself from the ceiling fan between 1.15 pm and 2.30 pm. But what has shocked the family is the alleged callousness of the police. The girl was reportedly facing constant harassment from the boys and had even complained to the police on Sunday night but the police didn’t entertain her, the family friend told,

On Monday, the same boys abducted and stripped her and then clicked her pictures in the nude. She decided to kill herself after that, the friend added. The incident came to light after her parents, who were working at a construction project near their house, returned home.

Police said they had arrested Krishnamurthy and Mohan and were hunting for other suspects. Vikash Kumar Vikash, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast), has asked for a detailed report on the incident from the jurisdictional ACP following the accusation by the girl’s family. “I have directed the ACP to submit a report in two days. Action will be taken against the local police based on the report,” the DCP said.

Police said that on Sunday, a Hoysala patrol team had warned the girl’s father and his relatives as they were quarrelling in public over an old matter. The policemen then took them to the police station for an enquiry. Meanwhile, the girl arrived there and told the police that Krishnamurthy and Mohan, who are related to her father, had harassed her. Police claimed that everything had been documented.

The boys have been booked under Sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.