SRIKAKULAM: A 16-year-old girl died by suicide in the hostel of the Type-IV Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) at Kothuru in Srikakulam district on Friday.
The deceased, identified as Savara Poojitha, was a first-year Intermediate student at the Government Junior College, Kothuru.
She allegedly died by suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in a classroom.
The Kothuru police registered a case and investigation is underway.
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