The student shot herself with a country-made pistol on Tuesday night (Representative image)
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14-year-old girl shoots self dead in UP's Shahjahanpur

The girl's mother told police that her daughter was studying in her room when she heard a gunshot sound.

PTI

SHAHJAHANPUR: A class 10 student allegedly died by suicide by shooting herself dead at her home here, police said on Wednesday.

SP Ashok Kumar Meena said a suicide note was been recovered from her room where Vinati Bharti (14) held no one responsible for her extreme step.

The student shot herself with a country-made pistol on Tuesday night, he said.

The girl's mother told police that her daughter was studying in her room when she heard a gunshot sound. By the time she reached there, the girl had died.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and the case is being further investigated, the SP said.

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