Scolded by father, Class 8 girl ends life in Rajasthan

A 12-year old girl in Rajasthan jumped into a well and died after she was scolded by her father for not studying property, police said Wednesday.

The incident took place late Tuesday night at a Tikaria village in Banswara district, some 500 km from Jaipur.

Police said Deepika, a Class 8 student at a government school, was rebuked by her father Dhanpal Yadav, a famer, for not studying well.

“Yadav told her to concentrate more on studies. However, the father did not hurt her physically,” a police officer said.

“During investigation, it has come up that feeling hurt over father’s remarks, she rushed out and jumped into a well situated behind her house.”

The girl’s body was fished out close to midnight Wednesday and doctors declared her brought dead at a hospital, he said.

The father had also jumped into the well to rescue her. But he had to be rescued by villagers and was rushed to a hospital in a semi-unconscious state, said the officer.