Kanpur : An 18-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide as she was "disturbed" for not being able to pay her school fee due to poverty, police said here today.
The teenager, a Class XI student at a private school, had yesterday consumed some poisonous substance. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died later, Kalyanpuri police station in-charge Santosh Singh said.
The girl's father Yaqoob, a truck driver, alleged that the school had been mounting pressure on his daughter to pay the due amount of Rs 1,500.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The teenager, a Class XI student at a private school, had yesterday consumed some poisonous substance. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died later, Kalyanpuri police station in-charge Santosh Singh said.
The girl's father Yaqoob, a truck driver, alleged that the school had been mounting pressure on his daughter to pay the due amount of Rs 1,500.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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