Crowd gathered after the incident.
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A case of suicide of a 16 year old girl has come to light from Gaya district of Bihar. The way the news of death is coming, in such a situation it is being linked to honor killing. However, the local police reached the spot on receiving the information of the incident. After getting information about the incident, the police took the body in their custody and sent it to the hospital for postmortem. Along with this, the police is investigating all the aspects of the girl’s death. This entire case is an incident of Naghari village of Magara police station area of the district. The deceased girl has been identified as 16 year old Riya Kumari, daughter of Nagendra Chaudhary of Naghari village.
Here, after the incident, the police of Magra police station arrived and while investigating the case, took the body of the girl in their custody and sent it to Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital for postmortem. People told that at the time of the incident, the grandmother and granddaughter were at home. The grandmother of the dead girl told that her granddaughter Riya committed suicide by strangling herself with her dupatta.
Regarding the incident, the deceased’s grandmother Malti Devi said that on Tuesday afternoon at about 12:30 pm, she had fed her granddaughter Riya. After that she went to the field for some work. When she returned home, she saw that her granddaughter was lying face down in the house. There was a dupatta noose around her neck. There was a bamboo ladder near the house. She said that her granddaughter’s mental condition was not good. She was a mentally weak girl since childhood. The grandmother said that the granddaughter committed suicide by strangling herself. She said that Riya’s father had gone to work as a labourer in Delhi. Before the incident, Riya’s mother had gone to her maternal home with two children. When the news of the daughter’s death came, the deceased’s mother came home. At the time of the incident, the deceased’s younger sister had gone to study in Anganwadi. However, the villagers say that the girl was a student of matriculation class. She was doing well in studies. Anyway, she was not crazy that she would strangle herself. Riya was a very well behaved girl, her conduct was also good. The villagers are also hurt by this incident. The incident is being linked to honor killings in the area. In this regard, Magra police station in-charge Saurabh Kumar said that a 16-year-old girl has died under suspicious circumstances. The grandmother and granddaughter were at home at the time of the incident.
According to the grandmother, her granddaughter committed suicide by strangling herself with her dupatta. She said that the police have not found any concrete evidence from the crime scene that could prove that the deceased committed suicide. She said that the police are linking this incident to honour killing. Along with this, the police are investigating both the aspects of murder and suicide in detail.
