13-year-old girl dies by suicide in Pallavaram

CHENNAI: A 13-year-old schoolgirl died by suicide at her apartment complex on Radial Road in Pallavaram on Wednesday evening.

Key points

• (Assistance for those having suicidal thoughts is available on TN's health helpline 104 and Sneha's suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050).
• The deceased was identified as N Kshibijham, a class 8 student at a private school in the locality.
• Police suspect after coming home from school, an argument broke out between Kshibijha and her mother on Wednesday.
• They remarked the girl left the house after telling her mother that she would come back after keeping her shoes on the stand outside the house.
• Police have sent her body for a post-mortem examination.

Meanwhile, the deceased was identified as N Kshibijham, a class 8 student at a private school in the locality. Her father is a chartered accountant and her mother a homemaker. She has a 9-year-old younger sister.

Police suspect after coming home from school, an argument broke out between Kshibijha and her mother on Wednesday. This could have led to the girl's decision, the police remarked.

They remarked the girl left the house after telling her mother that she would come back after keeping her shoes on the stand outside the house. Shortly after, other residents alerted the mother that her daughter was identified unconscious on the ground floor. She was rushed to Tambaram Administration Hospital, but she died on the way.

Police have sent her body for a post-mortem examination. A case has been registered and police are examining CCTV footage from the apartment to ascertain the circumstances that led to her death.

Taken together, the developments around 13-year-old girl dies by suicide in Pallavaram point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.