PATHANAMTHITTA: A 17-year-old girl died of fever. Her post mortem report said that she was five months pregnant. A drug overdose is suspected. She died on Monday.

The girl, who was suffering from fever was admitted in a hospital near her house four days ago. She went to the hospital for fever. She was found to have some infection when her blood was tested. She was later referred to the medical college hospital.

She was then shifted to Vandanam Medical College. She died during treatment. On suspicion, the doctors conducted her postmortem. Her postmortem revealed that she was pregnant. The police have registered a case of unnatural death in the incident. She took overdose of medicines to abort her pregnancy and got infected after that. She was laid to rest. The statement of her family will be recorded.