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Ballia: A 19-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging here on Sunday, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Aditi Gupta, a Class 11 student and resident of Bara Pokhara locality under the Maniar police station limits, they said.
According Maniar station house officer Ratnesh Dubey, Aditi’s father Manoj Gupta, a grocery shop owner, found her room locked from inside when he returned home at around 10.30 am. Upon forcing the door open, he found her hanging by a saree and immediately informed the police.
Dubey said the body has been sent for post-mortem.
"Preliminary findings suggest that Aditi took the extreme step after being scolded by her father," he said.
Sources said her father was upset with Aditi for speaking to a boy on phone.
The deceased was the second among four sisters.
Her mother was in Ballia at the time, accompanying another daughter for an exam, police added.