Varanasi: A 17-year-old girl from Odisha allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the top floor of a hostel building in Dhannipur village under Lohta police station on Sunday night.After learning about the incident, her father reached Varanasi but declined to lodge a case with police in connection with her death. Police sent the body for postmortem after recovering a diary from her room in which she had written, “I am fed up with my life.”Lohta police station in charge Abhijit Singh said the deceased was a resident of Bisra Santoshpur in Rourkela. She was a Class 12 student at an inter college and had been staying at Sneh Deep Hostel in Dhannipur village.CCTV footage from the hostel premises showed the student going to the roof and then jumping, after which staff and others rushed her to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead.During a search of her room, police found a diary carrying a note saying that she was fed up with life and did not want to live. In view of the seriousness of the incident, police questioned four women associated with the hostel as part of the preliminary inquiry. No allegation of harassment or foul play was made.After being informed, her father travelled from Rourkela to Varanasi and reached the police station late Monday. He submitted an application stating that he did not want any legal action over his daughter’s death. Police completed the inquest proceedings and sent the body for autopsy.Officials said any further action would be based on the postmortem report and any fresh evidence that emerges during the course of the investigation.
