Allegedly, a 15-Year Old Girl from Rajasthan’s Kota hung herself after she was scolded by her father for playing on his mobile phone. This incident occurred during the nighttime on January 13th. The child has been identified as a Grade 10 Student, Kripanshi. This case took place in Bajrang Nagar Area which falls under the jurisdiction of Borekheda Police Station.
After her father deprived her from playing on his phone and asked her to concentrate on her studies, Kripanshi locked herself in her room and hung herself to death from the ceiling fan stated SHO Jitendra Singh. He added that Kripanshi’s grandmother fainted on seeing the girl in that situation. The body was discovered by her family around 8:00Pm. Her family called her out for dinner. When they got no response from her end, they found the door locked and then proceeded to break it open.
On finding the deceased body, her family immediately took her to the hospital but she was declared ‘brought dead’. The body was handed over to the family members after the Post-Mortem was done on the morning of January 14th. A case has been lodged under Section 174 of the CrPC. About 13,089 students have died by suicide in the year 2021, as per statistics released by NCRB. An approximate 36 students died every day in the year 2021 due to self inflicted harm.
Parents looks out for their children always. They guide their wards and look out for them. Being scolded and shouted at by a parent is something every child comes across in their life especially for a petty topic like excess usage of mobile phone. What made Kripanshi kill herself over this? How could she have taken such a big step to take her own life just because her father shouted at her? She was a Grade 10 Student, she was surely mature. Is the information shared about the cause of the incident true?.
In today’s world, everyone takes a step to speak out on mental health awareness and suicide whether it be through social media posts or in front of a podium during a mass event but how many of us realised that we began giving a mere wave of sadness in our lives the name depression? We stopped understanding the depth ‘Depression’ holds. Amidst emphasising on Mental Health and spreading awareness we stopped realising the sensitivity of these topics and how they should be spoken about. Several acts which were considered ‘normal’ were now being considered as a cause for depression. Is a parent scolding their child over their excess usage of phone a cause?.
