Indian Girl commits suicide after parents refuse toilet in home
A class 12 student allegedly committed suicide on Friday in Jharkhand’s Dumka district after her parents turned down her repeated pleas to construct a toilet at home as they wanted to save money for the 17-year-old’s marriage, police said.
Khushbu Kumari, a resident of Dudhani colony in the town, was found hanging from the ceiling of her room by family members, the police added, according to Hindustatimes.com.
The tragedy underlined a growing awareness on hygiene among the younger generation in the state which has country’s highest rate of open defecation.
The 2011 census had said that 92.4% people in Jharkhand’s rural areas do not have toilets.