Class X girl commits suicide, leaves 18-page note for PM Modi
Maria Khan TNN
Bareilly 19.08.2020
: Upset with rising pollution, corruption and some other social evils plaguing the society, a 16-year-old girl allegedly shot herself dead on the eve of Independence Day in UP’s Sambhal district. Policemen tasked with the probe on Tuesday recovered an 18-page note penned by the Class X student before her death and addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In the extensive letter, the minor girl has raised concern over rising pollution level, cutting down of trees and corruption in medical field as some of the triggers for her suicide. The girl also wrote that she always wanted to meet the Prime Minister (PM) in person and discuss these issues with him.
She urged the PM to curb the growing population, implement the ban on firecrackers during Diwali and chemical-based colours on Holi. She was also disturbed with problems faced by the elderly people. “I don’t want to live anymore in a place where children send their parents to old age homes,” she mentioned at the beginning of the note. Her family members said that as their daughter’s last wish, they will make sure that the letter reaches the PM and has appealed to the administration to take cognisance of it. The girl’s father, who is a farmer, said, “The suicide note is my daughter’s last wish. We want that the letter must reach the PM.”
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