MANSA – A 23-year-old student allegedly committed suicide after her parents had to sell 4 kg of wheat to pay for her bus fare. Police sources said they had found a suicide note, but no case had been registered.
The victim, who was a Dalit, belonged to Tahlian village in the Budhlada subdivision.
She was studying at the government-run DIET in Ahmedpur, Budhlada. She left behind a suicide note, stating that she wished to do the GNM course on completion of ETT, but did not want to burden her parents and was, thus, ending her life.
Residents of Tahlian village paid for the girl’s cremation. The victim’s parents, who are labourers, had to sell wheat, given to them under the Atta-Dal Scheme, to pay for her bus fare. Lakhvir Singh, a neighbour, said: “The girl was very intelligent. Sadly, her family was unable to pay her tuition fee.”
