COIMBATORE: A Class 9 girl student ended her life by hanging after a 32-year-old man attempted to sexually assault her in Edappadi in Salem on Sunday (March 22).
The police said the 14-year-old girl from a village near Edappadi was alone as her parents had gone to farm work, when the accused Sathish (32), also hailing from the same village, made his way into her house. The accused, employed in a financial firm, was married and had two sons.
When he attempted to sexually assault the girl, she raised an alarm, and neighbours rushed to her rescue and thrashed him severely. Meanwhile, the girl felt bad over the unfortunate developments and ended her life by hanging herself at the house.
On receiving information, the Thevur police rushed to the spot and sent the body of the girl to a Government Hospital in Edappadi for a post-mortem examination. The police also admitted Sathish, who was critically injured at a Government Hospital in Sankagiri. Based on a complaint by the parents of the girl, the Thevur police have registered a case, and further inquiry is under way.
In a separate incident, a 13-year-old girl, studying in Class eight, was found dead in a well in Krishnagiri.
According to the police, the deceased, identified by police as Shobana (13), from Jainur village near Pochampalli, had gone out after informing her brother of visiting her friend’s house. Her parents, Pandian and Banupriya, were both daily wagers and were away for work.
As she did not return for long, the parents and neighbours went in search and found her dead in a well in the Nagarasampatti area. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination, and an investigation is under way to ascertain whether she ended her life by suicide or was murdered.