A 17-year-old girl is said to have taken her own life by taking poison after being harassed by a stalker. The Sadar Jagraon police have charged a stalker with abetting suicide following a complaint from the victim’s father.

The accused has been identified as Gursewak Singh of Kaunke Kalan village. He has not been arrested yet.

The FIR was registered following the complaint of the victim’s father.

According to the plaintiff, the victim was a 12th grade student.

He added that his daughter used to go to school around 8 am every day. On August 20, she left for school around 7:45 am but did not reach there. The school staff called her to find out the reason.

The plaintiff added that his daughter came home at around 1:30 p.m. When questioned, the girl stated that the defendant had followed her. He intercepted her on the way and offered to take her to school on his bicycle, but did not take her to school, but somewhere else.

The girl was stressed because she felt defamed by the accused, as many villagers had seen her with the accused on the motorcycle, the plaintiff said.

He added that they tried to calm her down. After he went to work, their daughter committed suicide by taking poison.

ASI Randhir Singh, who is investigating the case, said that the police have filed a complaint against Gursewak Singh under Section 108 of the BNS and his arrest is planned.