Scolded for not doing household work, girl commits suicide

A 14-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her home here, apparently after being scolded by her mother for not doing household work, police said today.

The girl, a Class 8 student, hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in Kalewadi area last evening when no family member was at home, they said.

Her father works as a driver, while the mother is employed with the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, they said, adding the family originally hails from Chennai.

The incident came to light at around 6 pm yesterday when a neighbour spotted her body through a window, the police said.

Assistant police inspector Abhijeet Jadhav of the Wakad police station said, "The girl's mother, in her statement, has said the family was planning to go to their native place in Chennai. Before going there, she wanted her daughter to help her in doing some household work."