KALYAN

:

A 14-year-old minor girl committed suicide by jumping from fifth floor of her house, after her parents reportedly refused to give her Rs 750 for a picnic.

The incident has left the parents of the girl shattered as they had not expected the girl to take such an extreme step for such small thing. The girl was studying in the ninth standard of a convent school in

Dombivli

, which had organised the picnic.

The girl Radha (name changed), used to reside with her parents, one brother and one sister in Dombivli (East). Her father, who runs a Chinese food joint in Dombivli and usually came home late every day.

Police said on Sunday after her father reached home late at night, Radha demanded Rs 750 from her father for her school picnic. Her father reportedly refused her request and said that there was no need to go for the picnic. Police sources said that upset with his refusal Radha went to the balcony of her flat around 2 am and jumped from it.

Immediately after the incident, Radha’s parents rushed her to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead.

“The primary probe shows that the girl’s school had organised a picnic and Radha had demanded money for it. But when father refused for it victim committed suicide” said Vishnu Avhad, assistant police inspector of

Manpada police

station.

The police also said that Radha was the eldest of the the three siblings.

Following to the incident, the Manpada police have registered accidental death report and further probe is on.