Kundapur : Reprimanded for remaining glued to TV, college girl ends life

Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Dec 5, 2013 :  In a tragic incident reported from Navunda near Byndoor on December 4, Wednesday, a young girl  has ended her life by hanging herself    after her mother reprimanded her for  remaining glued to TV rather than concentrating on her studies.

The deceased is Deepa Shetty (21), daughter of Prabhaker Shetty and Hema Shetty couple. She was a second B.Com student of the Richard Almeida College at Navunda.

Sources said Deepa who was enjoying her  vacation used to remain glued to the  TV  even  as her mother  repeatedly asked her to  devote some time to studies too.

Frustrated over her mother’s reprimand, Deepa  who was a stubbon girl, had  reportedly locked herself up in  her room. Her family did not take this seriously as she often did so. However, when she did not open the door for long, her parents grew suspicious and peeped through the window only to be shocked to see her hanging from the ceiling fan using her dupatta.

The door was then broken open by neighbours. The local police were also informed. Deepa was the youngest of the three children of her parents. If her brother was mentally retarded, an elder sister was a teacher in a local school.