Girl commits suicide

Published December 31, 2002

SANGHAR, Dec 30: A girl, Abida Parveen Lari, student of MA final year at the Sindh University, committed suicide by shooting herself with her father’s gun at the Khero Rind village, near Maqsoodo Rind, on Sunday.

Her mother, Arabi Khatoon, who is a councillor of the Union Council, Lundo, told police that she needed money for her classes at the university. Since her father was out of town, the money could not be arranged as a result of which she became dejected and committed suicide.

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