Hyderabad: Troubled by her friends suspecting her for stealing Rs 60, a Class IX girl committed suicide in Vikarabad district on Monday. Police said the deceased, Kerelli Harika, hanged herself on the premises of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya (KGBV) hostel. The district administration and KGBV announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh for her family.
Harika was the eldest daughter of Tukkamma and Rajender Reddy. After Tukkamma died, Rajender Reddy left Harika and her younger brother at their maternal grandparents’ house in Kottapally village and went back to his place in Karimnagar district.
The children’s grandparents Sumitramma and Venkat Reddy took care of them. Two years ago, Harika was admitted to the KGBV hostel in Marpally while she was in Class VII.
On Sunday morning a student in the hostel lost Rs 60 and informed the warden. Later, all the students were questioned, but it was not found. Harika who was also questioned felt humiliated.
On Monday when the girls went to take bath they found Harika hanging from a tree behind the hostel. “Other than the money there was no other reason for the suicide. She did not leave a suicide note,” SI P. Vital Reddy said. After a complaint from Harika's grandmother a suspicious case was registered.
