A 17-year-old girl consumed poison after she was allegedly troubled by a stalker in Punjab's Ludhiana. The incident is of Jagraon area, the punjab police stated on Saturday.
The accused, identified as Gursewak Singh of Kaunke Kalan village has been charged under Section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following a complaint lodged by the girl's father, Jagraon SHO Surjit Singh said.
As per the police investigation so far, girl's parents were informed by the authorities that the Class 12 student did not reach school despite leaving for it around 7.45 am on Tuesday.
Her father told police that his daughter returned home around 1.30 pm and when he asked her where she was, she told him that the accused had followed her.
The accused allegedly stopped her on her way to school and asked if she wanted a lift on his motorcycle. He then took her to some other place, police said.
The girl felt insulted as she thought that villagers had seen her with the man on his motorcycle following which she committed suicide on Tuesday, they added.
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