Mohan Kuthar
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP/MD)

Mangaluru, Jun 10: A minor girl ended her life by hanging herself at her home in Kumpala Krishnagar here in the early hours of Wednesday June 10. In the death note left behind, the girl has said she decided to commit suicide, having been fed up by incessant harassment at the hands of a policeman.

Jyoti (17), foster daughter of Jayanti, a retired teacher residing in Krishnanagar, was the unfortunate victim of this incident. Jyoti chose the time when her mother, Jayanti, went to attend Yoga training classes being held by Kesari Mitra Vrinda in Kumpala on Wednesday morning, to kill herself.

When Jayanti came back after attending the Yoga class, she found the door of the room to have been bolted from inside. She sought help from her neighbours to break open the door and found to her dismay that Jyoti was hanging from the ceiling fan in the room.

Jyoti, who completed PUC education from Parijnana College in Someshwar, had got admission in BCom degree course at Besant College in the city. Classes of the course are yet to begin.

Jyoti said in the death note left behind by her that she got to know a person named Praveen Salian working in Pandeshwar police station through Facebook. 

"I gave him my cell phone number. We started to love each other, and only once we came face to face. I was unhappy with the rules he set. He did not like it if I went anywhere without informing him first. Praveen started to pressurize me thereafter not to speak to friends and relatives. He also used to often pose threats of committing suicide and I was scared that he might do so. I did not cause him any harm and only loved him. His younger brother too threatened me of dire consequences if anything happened to him. Praveen then started demanding one lac rupees in cash apart from gold ornaments," Jyoti stated in the death note states, adding that she decided to commit suicide as she was overcome by a sense of frustration over this harassment.

It is learnt that Jyoti had been adopted by the family when she was a child. Her foster father, who was a school headmaster, had reportedly committed suicide about three years ago. Jyoti was the only child to her foster parents. 

Assistant commissioner of police, Kalyani Shetty, Ullal station house officer, Pavitra Teja, and sub-inspector, Bharati, visited the spot and undertook investigation.