abused

beaten

male classmate

suicide

Her house owner hadandher for bringing ahome in the absence of her parentsUpset with her house owner for allegedly beating and abusing her for bringing her male classmate home in the absence of her parents, a 16-year-old SSLC student has reportedly died byThe girl was abused by her house owners saying that she is bringing a bad image to their building by bringing a male classmate to her home when her parents were away.Following her death, the victim’s father has filed a case of abetment of suicide against the owner, Ramaiah and his wife. Her father claimed that the house owner had no business abusing his daughter. He should have informed him after he returned home from work, said the father. The Puttenahalli police have registered a case.The victim has been identified as GM Shree Lekha, a resident of Jaraganahalli in JP Nagar 6th phase. Her father, M Mahadevaiah, 45, works as an electrician.“This was not the first time the classmate had come home. He had come to our house earlier too and he is known to us. My daughter and he were friends and there was no need for the neighbours to suspect them. Even if the owner had problems with the boy coming to our house, he should have spoken to us instead of abusing, beating and humiliating her. After my daughter’s death, he admitted to having abused my daughter. He had no right to question my daughter. If he was so concerned about my daughter bringing disrespect to his building, we would have vacated the house,” Lekha’s father Mahadevaiah told Mirror.The victim’s parents and brother had gone to work at the time of the incident. The girl is said to have died by suicide the same afternoon after she was abused and beaten.“I got to know from the neighbours that my daughter had committed suicide and the reason for it. My daughter would have left behind a note. After we were informed about her death, and by the time we rushed home, the main doors had been broken open and my daughter had been taken to the hospital. During this time, the death note could have been taken away by the owner,” the victim’s father alleged.Mahadevaiah has filed a complaint with the jurisdictional Puttenahalli police. The police have registered a case of abetment of suicide (IPC 306), causing hurt (IPC 323) and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace (IPC 504).“It is a very complex case. Certainly something provoked the girl to take the extreme step.The couple against whom the allegations are made are over 70 years old and are bed ridden. The house owner has undergone a spinal surgery and his wife is a cardiac patient. The victim’s father has asked us to question the classmate who had come home to collect the notes. We are investigating the issue. There is no death note to support the claims made by the complainant,” said an officer, who is a part of the investigations.