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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

12-yr-old commits suicide


GANGTOK, 29 Jan: The disturbing trend of suicides has begun to alarm now as more and more young people, especially those who have not yet or just reached their teens has begun a new trend in the suicide graph of Sikkim.
A 12-year-old school boy is informed to have taken his life in Pakyong; this follows closely on the heels of news of a 15-year-old girl having committed suicide at Zoom, West Sikkim just a day earlier. In fact it is astounding how minors have reportedly been committing suicide; a few months ago there were reports of an 11-year-old child committing suicide.
The 12-year-old suicide victim was residing at Karthok, Pakyong, reportedly in the house of a guardian. As per police records, the pre-teen committed suicide by hanging on 28 January at around 2:30 PM in hi guardian’s home. The victim was a resident of Hingdam in South Sikkim but was living at Karthok and was a Class IV student.

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