A mentally-challenged minor girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling of her house at Ashangara's Mandi area here, police said today.
14-year-old Jyoti was alone at her home yesterday when she took the extreme step. Her mother Nanki Devi had gone to the market, police said.
Jyoti, a Class X student, was suffering from some mental disorder due to which her studies were getting affected. She was also under medication, said police.
The body has been sent for the post-mortem. Police is further investigating the issue, they said.
