17-Year-Old Girl Hangs Herself Because Her Parents Banned Her From Facebook
A teenager who killed herself after her parents banned her from Facebook left a note for a devastated family saying she couldn't live without the site.
By Judith Yeoh — 27 Oct 2013, 06:43 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself after her parents prohibited her from using Facebook
After being banned from logging on to social networking site Facebook, a 17-year-old killed herself, leaving a note for her family saying she could not live without the site.
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The parents of a 17-year-old girl who killed herself after being banned from Facebook have described their 'deep shock' (picture posed by model)
Image via dailymail.co.ukThe teen, Aiswarya Dahiwal, a second-year college student from Parbhani, in the Maharashtra state of India, had asked her parents for permission to log on to the site on Wednesday, but they said no.
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The teenager then got into an argument with the couple who told her that she should pay more attention to school work, and spend less time on Facebook.
Her body was found on Thursday morning, and police said that she had hanged herself
A note found in Miss Dahiwal's bedroom said that she had taken her own life because she was not allowed to go on the social networking site.
"Like all parents, their intentions were only to ensure that the girl did not go astray,” said investigating officer G.H. Lemgude, according to NDTV. “They advised her to concentrate on her technical studies and stay away from long mobile chats and social networking sites.”
Police said that in the note the teenager had said that she couldn't stay in a home with the restrictions she felt she was being placed under, and that she couldn't live without Facebook.
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Her father Sunil Dahiwal told India Real Time Friday: “We still can’t believe it. We are in deep shock.”
“We just wanted her to focus on her studies. We never thought she would ever take such a harsh step,” Mr. Dahiwal added.
dailymail.co.ukA case of accidental death has been registered and investigation is underway, the police said.
A brief look at the teenage suicide trend in Maharashtra, one of India’s most developed states.
Ms. Dahiwal’s death has once again put the spotlight on the teenage suicide trend in Maharashtra, one of India’s most developed states.
A total of 16,112 people killed themselves in the state last year, placing it second in the list of Indian states with the highest suicide rate, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
dailymail.co.ukTamil Nadu was the state with the most, there were 16,927 suicides there in 2012, followed by West Bengal with 14,957 and Karnataka where 12,753 took their own lives.
According to information available on the NCRB website, family problems were thought to be the single largest factor driving people to end their lives.
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