ISLAMABAD, July 21: An 18-year-old girl committed suicide while a man drowned in Soan river on Sunday.

Police said Nabila, a resident of Al-Noor Colony, Sadiqabad, drank acid after being scolded by her mother for desiring to continue her education.

Shahnaz Bibi, the mother of Nabila, told the police that she had been insisting her daughter not to continue her education which annoyed her.

“It drove her into distress and she went to the bathroom and drank acid,” she said.

After Nabila’s condition deteriorated, she was taken to a hospital where she died, police said.

In another incident, a man drowned in Soan river on Sunday.

Police said Mohammad Ashraf, a resident of Sihala, drowned while bathing in Soan. The incident came to light after some passers-by saw the body floating in the river and informed the police.