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SITAMARHI: A day after chief minister Nitish Kumar made public his displeasure over failing perception about law and order in the state while giving pep talk to the state's police officers on Wednesday, a girl hanged herself from the ceiling of her rented house in Sitamarhi's Krishnangar locality on Thursday, leaving behind a suicide note blaming the police failure to protect her from her blackmailers.
Kanchanbala Jha was a BSc (Hons) student of local SRKG College. Only sister among four siblings, Kanchanbala's misfortune began in June last year when her acquaintance, Puja, allegedly took her to her residence nearby on the last day of their part-II examination. One Birendra Sah, said to be an employee in the Sitamarhi collectorate, was along with one Lovely waiting for them in a room where Kanchanbala was forced to pose with Birendra in different positions and filmed.
Talking to TOI at their native Harsingpur village in Sitamarhi district on Saturday, Kanchanbala's father Uday Kant Jha, who is a havildar in BMP 5 at Sultanganj, said his daughter along with her brother went to the Dumra police station to complain about the confinement and photography. But the policemen advised them to reach a compromise. Birendra gave it in writing that he would never harass the girl.
On July 10 this year, however, Birendra allegedly kidnapped Kanchanbala's brother Manish on his motorcycle, thrashed him and later released him. Before Manish could lodge a complaint, Birendra rushed to the Dumra police station and lodged a complaint, alleging Manish misbehaved with him.
When Manish and his sister went to the police station, they were made to wait for three hours. While Manish wanted to lodge a complaint about his abduction and threat to the life and modesty of his sister, police registered a case under bailable Sections, Uday Kant alleged.
The girl met the SP on July 12. On his orders, Birendra was arrested but released on bail at the police station itself. According to the Jhas, Birendra's threats continued and the girl again approached the SP on August 19. And on August 23, she hanged herself. Stunned, policemen arrested Birendra on August 24. But he was taken to the sadar hospital as he complained of pain in body. A chowkidar was even seen providing him cool air with a hand fan. It was only after the incident hit the headlines that he was shifted to jail. Police have also arrested Puja and Lovely, SP Vivek Kumar said on Saturday and added Dumra police station SHO Ramanand Prasad had been suspended.
Incidentally, the girl's suicide note remains shrouded in mystery. On reaching her house after the suicide, a police inspector took possession of the suicide note and handed it over to the SP. The girl's brother claimed the suicide note was of eight pages in Hindi and two pages in English while the SP said it was of only five pages in Hindi and two pages in English. The local mediamen desperately tried to even glance through it, but in vain. "It has been handed over to the CJM," the SP said.
Had Kanchanbala been alive, incidentally, she would have been the first girl from Harsingpur village to boast of a graduate degree.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Girl-kills-self-as-cops-fail-to-protect-her/articleshow/15725719.cms
Kanchanbala Jha was a BSc (Hons) student of local SRKG College. Only sister among four siblings, Kanchanbala's misfortune began in June last year when her acquaintance, Puja, allegedly took her to her residence nearby on the last day of their part-II examination. One Birendra Sah, said to be an employee in the Sitamarhi collectorate, was along with one Lovely waiting for them in a room where Kanchanbala was forced to pose with Birendra in different positions and filmed.
Talking to TOI at their native Harsingpur village in Sitamarhi district on Saturday, Kanchanbala's father Uday Kant Jha, who is a havildar in BMP 5 at Sultanganj, said his daughter along with her brother went to the Dumra police station to complain about the confinement and photography. But the policemen advised them to reach a compromise. Birendra gave it in writing that he would never harass the girl.
On July 10 this year, however, Birendra allegedly kidnapped Kanchanbala's brother Manish on his motorcycle, thrashed him and later released him. Before Manish could lodge a complaint, Birendra rushed to the Dumra police station and lodged a complaint, alleging Manish misbehaved with him.
When Manish and his sister went to the police station, they were made to wait for three hours. While Manish wanted to lodge a complaint about his abduction and threat to the life and modesty of his sister, police registered a case under bailable Sections, Uday Kant alleged.
The girl met the SP on July 12. On his orders, Birendra was arrested but released on bail at the police station itself. According to the Jhas, Birendra's threats continued and the girl again approached the SP on August 19. And on August 23, she hanged herself. Stunned, policemen arrested Birendra on August 24. But he was taken to the sadar hospital as he complained of pain in body. A chowkidar was even seen providing him cool air with a hand fan. It was only after the incident hit the headlines that he was shifted to jail. Police have also arrested Puja and Lovely, SP Vivek Kumar said on Saturday and added Dumra police station SHO Ramanand Prasad had been suspended.
Incidentally, the girl's suicide note remains shrouded in mystery. On reaching her house after the suicide, a police inspector took possession of the suicide note and handed it over to the SP. The girl's brother claimed the suicide note was of eight pages in Hindi and two pages in English while the SP said it was of only five pages in Hindi and two pages in English. The local mediamen desperately tried to even glance through it, but in vain. "It has been handed over to the CJM," the SP said.
Had Kanchanbala been alive, incidentally, she would have been the first girl from Harsingpur village to boast of a graduate degree.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Girl-kills-self-as-cops-fail-to-protect-her/articleshow/15725719.cms
