Class 7 girl commits suicide by jumping from balcony on 29th floor flat in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A class 7 student dies by suicide by jumping from the balcony of her 29th floor flat on Begur Road in southeast Bengaluru's Hulimavu area, police said on Wednesday.
The only child of her parents, the 12-year-old girl was depressed, police said, without sharing further details.
No suicide note was found.
According to the police, a security guard of the apartment complex heard some noise at around 5 am on Tuesday and rushed to the corridor where he saw the girl with injuries lying in a pool of blood. He immediately alerted representatives of the apartment association.
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She was rushed to the nearest hospital where she was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said.
The girl's mother found her outside her room at around 4.30 am and when asked why she was up so early, she gave a vague reply and went inside her room, he said.
"It's a suicide. We did not find any suicide note but we learnt that the child was depressed. The post-mortem has been done and we cannot reveal further details," he added.
The girl's father, a software engineer, quit his job six months ago and got into stocks trading and her mother is a homemaker, police said.
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Delhi records high of 32.7 deg C; AQI remains 'moderate'
New Delhi (PTI): The maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 32.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 1.3 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 20.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 1.3 notches below the average for the season, while the relative humidity stood at 46 per cent at 5.30 pm, the IMD said.
The weather department has forecast a partly cloudy sky for Monday with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to hover around 34 and 19 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The air quality remained 'moderate' at 4 pm, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 134, a slight drop from Saturday’s 137, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
