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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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
