Ferozepur, September 19, 2017: A 18-year old girl student of Government Meritorious School at Mohkam Singh Wala on Ferozepur-Moga road have committed suicide by tying with .dupatta' with grill in the bathroom of the hostel.
Added here, it was a pet project of the previous Akali government, senior secondary residential schools for meritorious students with an aim to impart quality education to weaker sections. These schools provide free education and accommodation to the students, while preparing them for entrance examinations of prestigious institutes of engineering, management, law, and medicine within and outside the state.
There are ten meritorious schools in the state at Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda, Amritsar, SAS Nagar and Talwara (Hoshiarpur), Sangruru, Ferozepur and Gurdaspur.
Immediately on getting the information, the police reached at the school and started investigations to know the cause of the death.
Giving this information, SPD Ajmer Singh Bath said, a student of 12th class medical Phula Devi was studying in the school and today morning she was found tied with dupatta in the bathroom of the hostel of the school.
He further said, the student belongs of village Birampur in Hoshiarpur district. Her parents have been informed of the incident. There is no clue with regard to committing of suicide by the student and the police is investigating in to the matter from various angles.