Tenth class girl found dead; Police probe Instagram angle

KOLLAM: A girl of class ten was found hanging in her bedroom of the house. She has been identified as Malavika (15), daughter of Rajesh and Anju of Raji Bhavan at Odanavattom in Kollam. She was a student of SKV Vocational Higher Secondary School in Thrikannamangal.

She had reached home after school at 5.30 pm on Thursday evening. She then went upstairs to bathe. As she was not seen even after a long time, her brother went in search of her and found her hanging. Her family then broke opened the door and rushed her to a private hospital in Kottarakkara, but her life could not be saved.

Malavika doesn’t have a mobile phone of her own and was using her mother’s phone. The police have got information that she was acquainted with a youth via Instagram. The Pooyappally police have registered a case.