Harassed by police, girl commits suicide

Allegedly harassed by local police over her sitting at a tea stall, a college girl has committed suicide by jumping into Chenab river in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Though the body of Rashida Bano, a B.Ed student, is yet to be recovered, she is feared drowned and the body carried away by the river.

The incident has left the police red-faced; an officer has been suspended and further probe has been ordered into the matter.

Rashida, a girl in her 20s, jumped into river Chenab on Sunday after being questioned by the police for sitting under "suspicious circumstances" at a tea stall at Pul-Doda on Sunday evening, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Doda-Kishtiwar-Ramban range, Maneesh Sinha told PTI.

Bano was having tea with colleague Najab Din at a tea stall on the bank of Chenab in Pul Doda town, some 165 km from Jammu when the incident took place.