16-year-old girl commits suicide in Punjab's Ludhiana
Ludhiana (PTI): A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in Punjab's Ludhiana, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place in the Maan Garh village, about 20 km from here, under the Koom Kalan police station area, on Monday late evening.
According to SHO Parmpal Singh, her parents were at work and she was alone at home at the time of the incident. When the victim's father returned home, he found the girl's room locked from the inside.
Despite repeated knocks, there was no response. On breaking open the door, the family found the girl hanging from the ceiling fan with a scarf around her neck.
The migrant labourer family hails from a village in UP's Unnao.
According to the police, the family members stated that the girl had earlier been going to work, but she had been ill for the past few months. So she had stopped working and was mostly staying at home.
The police suspect that prolonged illness or mental stress may have led her to take the extreme step.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
