A 17-year-old has committed
suicide after her parents restricted her use of her mobile phone and social
networking sites like Facebook, police said on Thursday.
The incident occurred late on Wednesday night after
17-year-old Aishwarya S. Dahiwal had an argument with her parents over using
Facebook on her computer. According to investigating officer G. H. Lemgude,
Aishwarya’s parents had objected several times to her using social networking
sites and chatting long over the mobile phone.
“Like all parents, their intentions were only to
ensure that the girl did not go astray. They advised her to concentrate on her
technical studies and stay away from long mobile chats and social networking
sites,” Lemgude said.
After the argument on Wednesday night, Aishwarya went
to her room, penned a suicide note and hanged herself.
In the note, Aishwarya reportedly wrote that she had
been constantly prevented from using Facebook by her parents.
“Is Facebook so bad? I cannot stay in a home with
such restrictions as I can’t live without Facebook,” her suicide note said.
A note referring to the argument and Facebook is
being examined by police.
The Dahiwal family, comprising jeweller Sunil
Dahiwal, his wife and two sons are in a state of shock.
Experts say that there are almost always multiple
causes for a suicide, including psychiatric illnesses, that may not have been
recognised or treated.
Internet use remains low across India but is growing
quickly, expected to reach about 200 million online out of the 1.2
billion-strong population by the end of 2013.
About three-quarters of India’s high school students
prefer Facebook over phone calls to communicate, according to a survey released
in June by Tata Consultancy Services.
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