Bengaluru: A shocking incident of a 15-year-old girl ending her life after jumping off from the 20th floor of an apartment she was living in has been reported from Kadugodi police station limits in the outskirts of Bengaluru on Wednesday, the police said.The victim has been identified as Avantika Chourasia, a class 10 student.According to the police, the family of the girl hailed from Madhya Pradesh.The father of the girl works as an engineer and the mother is a homemaker.The girl was studying at a private school and scored lesser marks in a test. As the annual exams are scheduled to begin on February 15, the girl was found spending time with her mobile phone.After observing this, the girl’s mother had taken objection to it and asked her not to spend time on her mobile phone and insisted that she should focus on reading instead.Police suspect that enraged by this, the girl had jumped off from the 20th floor of the apartment and committed suicide.
Kadugodi police have rushed to the spot and are gathering information about the incident.
The official statements from the parents are yet to be recorded and more details regarding the case are yet to emerge.
