The Hindu : 15-year-old girl commits suicide

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Tuesday, Feb 18, 2003

Southern States

Southern States - Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram

15-year-old girl commits suicide

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Feb. 17. A 15-year-old girl, Ancy, a 10th standard student at the Holy Angels Convent here, was found hanging at her residence at Kannanthura under the Valiathura police station limits this morning.

According to the police, the body was found by the girl's mother, Agnes, who went to Ancy's room on hearing the continuous ringing of the alarm clock at about 3-30 a.m. this morning.

In the suicide note, which was found pasted on a wall of the room, Ancy had written that a teacher and a sister in her school had been subjecting her to mental harassment.

The principal of the Holy Angels Convent, Sister Floripe, however, denied that any teacher or sister at the school had subjected Ancy to any sort of harassment.

``She was a girl with whom we had no problem. The reference to the teacher and the sister in the suicide note has come as a total surprise for us,'' she said.

A holiday has been declared for the school tomorrow, the principal added.

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