Bhilai: A 9-year-old girl died by suicide in Chhattisgarh’s Bhilai Smriti Nagar after the children of her locality, including her elder sister, refused to let her play carrom on Saturday, police said.
The incident has sent shockwaves across the area, putting people in deep mourning and creating panic among the children.
Police said that they had registered a case and started an investigation following a complaint by the girl’s family.
Satyaprakash Tiwari, Bhilai Nagar CSP, told ETV Bharat that the incident took place at around 11 AM on Saturday in the Smriti Nagar area in the Durg district when the deceased girl approached her twin daughter and other children, who were playing carrom, and insisted on playing carrom.
“The children refused her. After which the girl came home crying and committed suicide,” he said, citing her family.
Meanwhile, the body of the girl was sent for a postmortem soon after the police of the Bhilai Smriti Nagar Police Station area reached her home.
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