A 19-year-old girl committed suicide by jumping into a well after she was reprimanded by her mother in Palamau district, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened in Murma village under the jurisdiction of Utari Road police station of the district, the police said.

The girl committed suicide yesterday, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Palamau district, Indrajeet Mahatha, said. The girl's mother had given her some money to buy some grocery items but the girl returned home after purchasing clothes for herself, Mahatha said.